Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When this proposal was put together, it was structured to, as I think we mentioned earlier in the discussion, frame up the broad needs that would be related to the development of the oil and gas industry.
Our intention was to frame it broadly, look at a series of different areas that we think are important to supporting the development and to use it, as the Member suggests, not simply to support necessarily funding the Government of the NWT puts up, but also to use it as we work with other funders to suggest a broad strategy that different organizations and different funders could buy into.
We have, as in our budget proposal, $500,000. That funding is intended to be spent, as indicated on page 16-19, which identifies the allocation of funding to regions. This is in addition to funding that, as the Member points out, may be part of the base funding, for example, in college contributions. Certainly some of the college activities, and I will give you the example of the number of the trades, have a direct applicability to the industry as well.
So the $500,000 is being used in support of regional training initiatives, as we discussed yesterday.
If I could add one further point, Mr. Chairman, I have also brought, in addition to the strategy itself, a few copies of the appendices for this report. The Members may wish to look at the appendices, which detail out some of the details as they relate to the specific jobs that are available in the industry, some of the labour market data, the institutions that could provide identified types of training. It is quite detailed and we would be happy to provide copies for the Member's reference. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.