Mr. Speaker, through the support of all Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly, we have supported training and employment for Northerners, including:
- the maximizing northern employment initiative to help ensure that the people of the North are employed and actively involved sharing the wealth in the NWT;
- our labour force development plan to assist northern workers to develop the skills and knowledge needed to secure employment;
- NWT mining industrial skills and NWT oil and gas strategy proposals to the federal government for a northern workforce to be employed in each respective industry; and,
- socio-economic agreements to ensure northern participation in major resource sectors.