Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd be happy to meet with the standing committee to talk about what we see as opportunities in the immigration field. Not that we're going to be recruiting; it is more to deal with employers who may need to, or there may be a niche in the market that needs to, be accommodated, or there may be people who want to join friends and family who have already moved to the Territories that we would like to be better accommodated than is happening right now.

The department was briefed last week on a process by which the federal government is hoping to improve the prior learning and recognition of credentials. That is an area that it would be very difficult for us to get into, because typically it's going to be one where, for instance, a doctor has to have passed the Canadian boards and that's a federal, or not a federal, but it's a Canadian standard, not one that we can sort of interfere in. But there may be some ways that the federal government can, through their process, help to ensure better access to foreign, paying professionals to get their credentials examined.

In terms of employment or in terms of employment for students, it's the similar process in the Northwest Territories. There is an issue, I understand, with the college's own rules only allowing Canadian citizens to be employed by the college. I believe they'll also take landed immigrants. It would be an issue where the college would have to take a look at their rules and make some changes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.