Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Affirmative Action Policy of this government has been around for a long time and we have been monitoring it through statistics from the different departments throughout the government on the affirmative action.

We have aboriginal people who are within the territorial government workforce in the various departments and affirmative action also encompasses women in the workforce, as well as disabled people.

Looking at that, we currently have approximately 30 percent of our workforce throughout the various government departments who are aboriginal people. The departments are closely monitoring it and encouraging employment for aboriginal people. We have done some studies. The Grant Thornton study that came out indicated the statistics.

I know that MLAs have looked at it very closely and they have also indicated that there are some concerns there. As a government, we are continuing to monitor this. Certainly there is a lot of work that we should be focusing on but at this current time, the affirmative action is there and we encourage the different departments on their own to initiate and implement this policy. Thank you.