Thank you. One of the areas I am interested in learning more about -- and maybe also concerned about -- is this idea, and I have spoken about it before, of guaranteeing jobs that the Premier spoke of: teachers, nurses, northern trained students in these occupations getting guaranteed positions. Also, we will be looking to guarantee jobs in other high demand occupations. I have some concerns.

First off, I do not know what we are going to consider as high-demand occupations, which ones will take priority. Will some get left behind? I guess, as to the guaranteeing of jobs, we will see how this shakes out. I am not sure exactly what it is going to mean. I asked about the federal departments. The deputy has indicated that DIAND and HRDC are the two departments being consulted with. One of the thoughts I have had is that possibly the guaranteeing of jobs is a fine idea, but we will wait and see.

One other program that I am aware of in the federal Department of Industry is an initiative to hire recent graduates of universities. They offer private corporations a rebate on recent new graduate hires. For instance, they will help to pay the salary, up to 50 percent of the salary, for a new graduate working in the technology sector for up to six months. It seems like a very interesting concept and probably a good program.

One of the thoughts I have had is that instead of getting into this guaranteeing of jobs, why do we not offer rebates to the private sector for hiring recent graduates? That way, recent graduates would indicate people who are just finished school and looking to get into the workforce in the North. We do not make the distinction, for instance, that says, "Well, we are going to guarantee jobs for nurses. Social workers? No, this is another story. You are out on your own." This way we just say, "You are a recent graduate. We are going to give the employer an incentive to hire you." Specifically, this program I am talking about is provided by the federal Department of Industry, not DIAND or HRDC.

I think if we limit ourselves to DIAND and HRDC, we may be missing out on a lot of good ideas and opportunities for programs which we might be able to piggyback on.