Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is a very unique component of the proposal that we're putting for Novel because there is a major investment we're going to make in the Northwest Territories. We don't want these conversions to be done in Calgary or the South. We want these conversions to be done in our communities by a community resident and the money and the dollars stay in our communities. The training that these people take to do the conversions will be able to be used in other initiatives going forward in the future. So we are looking at almost $86 million going back into our economy to pay for the wages of these individuals to do the conversions in our communities. That is a very important component. But on behalf, as part of our working with CMHC and in regards to the Novel project, a very important component of any deal is there has to be a human resource strategy or report attached to it so we can see exactly how this conversion is going to take place, how many, what type of training do you need, and also what tools do we need to do it in our communities. So the idea is to do it in the North, in our communities, and have a component which will include a human resource component, too. Thank you.
David Krutko on Question 437-15(4): Northern Training Programs For The Novel Housing Project
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.
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