Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have been in those discussions with ATCO out of Calgary. They are willing to train people to take advantage of these job opportunities, especially in the area of conversion, but more importantly in the construction of these camps. There is the possibility of doing some of the manufacturing here in the North, by putting plants in the North, and looking at certain construction of different facilities with respect to the larger facilities they're going to need, such as cooking facilities and the different modular units needed due to the design of the camps. I think more importantly, the federal Minister and myself also did a tour of that facility, and the federal Minister made it clear that the condition they're putting forward on any federal dollars that are going into it had to have a strong human resource component, which included training, some sort of manufacturing component. Also, the energy efficiency compliances had to be used to make these units energy efficient to meet our zero housing construction. We are working with the federal government to make it clear that the developer has to have human resources, economic and energy efficient components to that proposal. Thank you.
David Krutko on Question 179-15(4): Benefits Of The Novel Housing Project
In the Legislative Assembly on October 19th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 179-15(4): Benefits Of The Novel Housing Project
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