Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to follow up on the questions that were asked by the Member for North Slave, which speaks a lot to what I said in my statement yesterday and discussions I have been having in committee of the whole.
My concern is this, Mr. Speaker. I think there is something wrong when we ask the major companies, like BHP Incorporated or Diavik or whoever, to get into a socio-economic arrangement where they are required to hire our Northerners. There is something wrong with that, if we are not in a position to provide them with a workforce that they could hire.
Obviously, BHP Incorporated is able to find people. They are having to train people that they hire in basic skills. I want to see the government do something so that we avoid this situation for oil and gas. I think the way to do that is to have the information at hand as to what the requirements are, so that we prepare our people.
Can I ask the Minister whether he has a database that shows what the job requirements are for the future and what the department is doing to prepare them for it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.