Thank you. I would like to touch on another area. In discussions with people in the field and also with my constituents, everybody seems to acknowledge that dollars are tight. We are talking about expanding trades-related programs. Clearly we do not have the money to start putting shops and these kinds of things into all the high schools in the North and piling a bunch of money into equipment so that students can train on this equipment.
It has also been suggested to me that instead of doing this, what we really need to do is to focus more on partnering with the private sector. Obviously, there are already shops and things around in the communities and in Yellowknife that students can train at. It has been indicated to me that partnerships with the private sector will be critical.
If a student is working part-time in a business, they understand what the working environment is going to be like. It is not training in a trade half-time from noon to 3:00, and when school is out you are gone. That may not give you an accurate picture of what it is like to work in the private sector, work hard and work long days.
I would like the Minister to speak specifically to partnerships with the private sector and talk about the direction he sees the department going in. Also, whether or not this means putting a lot of money into equipment and machinery into schools, or if in fact we are talking about developing and fostering partnerships. Thank you.