Mr. Chairman, rather than chase this around, I would like to ask the Minister if he would take a look at a program that would be able to accommodate this. If there is federal funding and it's being accessed for other facilities in GNWT facilities, why don't we build it in? Why are we going after the communities to pay for territorial facilities? I can't understand why the government would allow, in some cases, a community, to dip into their coffers of their own core funding to do that.
Also, I wanted to raise the issue that Mr. Bell raised. I have the same concerns regarding the testing in the smaller communities versus what is being offered by optional courses and core courses. For example, in Yellowknife versus what's in the smaller communities. I can't be convinced that they are equal programs. Could that be something that we look at? I understand there are different modes of testing. I think it should be consistent across the board. We have, in a lot of cases, students who are trying to get into some of the trades and are not able to pass some of the trades exams. I think that is something we really have to be concerned about.
I have a couple of questions -- I know my time is running out -- about apprenticeship positions. I am not seeing them within the government. I am not sure if this department is concerned, or is that something they want to deal with? Is it something they walked away from? Some other departments are trying to incorporate them in as part of their programs to see some apprenticeship positions. It was a good program for many years. We got a lot of trained employees out of this program and I think that's something we should bring back. I am also concerned that we are not seeing a lot of people working in the oil industry. I know the government has made some attempts to train some people. As far as I understand, I only see courses that are offered in the South. It was an issue we raised in this House on many occasions, that we should be developing our own programming and courses through Aurora College right here in the NWT. I will stop there, Mr. Chairman.