Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the same line of thinking, the department is providing funding and support for SAO training. There is a problem. The people under SAOs, the clerks, the clerical staff, they need training as well, but there is no funding available from this government through this department for them. SAOs who are trained do the job often get burned out because the responsibility placed on their shoulders is extreme. Couple that with a lack of professional support by other staff, that is putting a strain on them and resulting in high turnover rates.

I questioned the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment on the possibility of having civil servants working for band councils, municipal councils, et cetera, for them to participate in public service training. He seemed to have a difficult time with it. I would like to ask the Minister if he would work with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment or whatever other departments to see if this can be done?

The civil service training seems to be working. There is no need to reinvent the wheel to come up with training programs working for municipal or band councils or Metis councils, but these people should be allowed to take training as well. I would just like to hear the thoughts of the Minister on that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.