Mr. Speaker, targets or predictions about the number of women that would be hired at a jobsite are essentially irrelevant if we don't have women accessing the training and being eligible for the jobs. That's where we need to focus our efforts. We've got a $20 million training fund that we've negotiated. We can be involved in setting the policy objectives as a government and making sure that the training is tailored toward removing barriers and making sure that we have more women interested and eligible for accessing those jobs. The future of jobs in the Northwest Territories, a large percentage proportion of those jobs will be in the natural resources sector. We've got to do a better job, I think, and our policies and objectives need to be reflected in our training and programming. I think we can do that, but we've got to set our minds to it. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 460-15(5): Opportunities For Women In The Mackenzie Gas Project
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 460-15(5): Opportunities For Women In The Mackenzie Gas Project
Question 460-15(5): Opportunities For Women In The Mackenzie Gas Project
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 7th, 2007
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