Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly would support the Minister in terms of the initiative that his department is doing. Mr. Speaker, people in the Sahtu, the Gwich'in, the Beaufort-Delta and other parts of the North here are seasonal workers. They are limited in terms of what they can do. They have huge payloads in terms of the work they have to do. What is the Minister doing in terms of how do we get these people, these companies here, involved in the type of work that is happening in the diamond mines? Where are the numbers that show that we are going to get these people here? Seven years is a long time. Maybe it is called a seven-year itch.
Norman Yakeleya on Question 36-15(6): Maximizing Resource Development Employment Opportunities
In the Legislative Assembly on March 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 36-15(6): Maximizing Resource Development Employment Opportunities
Question 36-15(6): Maximizing Resource Development Employment Opportunities
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 13th, 2007
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