Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, one of the important components of the whole idea of building houses in the Northwest Territories is we have to do a better job of finding the people, giving them the training they're going to need, and making sure they have the tickets to do the job. One of the ways that we're doing that is to develop a human resource strategy that we can develop around the 500 houses we're going to build and also the Novel. So it has to come together in regards to how we develop that human resource for the Northwest Territories, but also using the projects that we are going to be delivering over the next number of years. So we are working that into the project, and again, for people to get that training, they have to go somewhere. Like I mentioned, we are working with ATCO and CMHC. CMHC has made it clear, any dollars they invest there has to be a strong human resource component to those federal dollars that are going to be expended. So there are jobs created, especially in aboriginal communities where we have high unemployment so that is a very important component of where we're going with this. Thank you.
David Krutko on Question 439-15(4): Training Opportunities Of The Novel Housing Project
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 439-15(4): Training Opportunities Of The Novel Housing Project
Question 439-15(4): Training Opportunities Of The Novel Housing Project
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 20th, 2006
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