Thank you, Madam Chair. I do believe we have a great deal of work to try to correct the course we're on with our graduation rates being what they are. One of the things I wanted to ask the Minister about, and I know there's some money, there's a committee and this and that, is a stand-alone dedicated college facility for Yellowknife. I think it's something that's seriously needed in this community. Yellowknife does have, with no disrespect to my fellow colleagues here, over 50 percent of the population. It's the seat of government.
We do need a college facility here; it's long overdue. For whatever reasons, political or otherwise, a college...Actually, they didn't even call it a college until the mid-90s, I believe. The former Premier even refused to refer to it as a college. But we need a stand-alone campus in Yellowknife. I think the current setup in an apartment building or downtown here with no parking, no access, has no room for growth. People are hesitant to go there because they can't find parking downtown. The space is crowded. It's just not a good setup for a college. I think that's something the government has to take quite seriously and look at; work with different regions and people and try to have a vision for, at some point in time, getting a stand-alone college here in Yellowknife. That's something I feel quite strongly about and I have for a long time. But it's a fight we'll have to take up again some other day, I suppose.
wanted to ask the Minister, in terms of apprentices, and I know we had Apprenticeship Week two or three weeks ago and the Minister had stated that apprenticeships were up, I think it was 20 percent or 25 percent in the last couple of years. What is the ratio of apprenticeship officers to apprentices, by region, if you could give me that statistic, please? Thank you.