Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our priority is to hire Northerners. There was coordination between the department and the DECs throughout the Territories, as well as the Yellowknife DEAs. They did a number of locations to do a recruitment drive. I believe there were seven in total.

From my understanding, there was a general good response to the recruitment drive. A number of applications have already been received. It was generally felt from those who were on the recruitment drive that this was a very successful approach to have combined. It was the first time that the various DECs and Yellowknife DEAs combined together to do one recruitment drive rather than individual approaches. I believe from the perspective of the individuals who have gone on to it, there was a good satisfaction with that approach.

Additionally, they have spoken with the Aurora College instructors and individuals. Thank you.