Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I just would like to make a brief general comment. My question can be at a later point when we go in detailed discussion. I would just like to highlight the apprentices that were addressed here in the opening remarks. I think this is a step in the right direction. Although the number is small, we must also take a baby step working with the communities, identifying apprentices in the communities; just fill in the gaps to meet the needs of the community. We in the Northwest Territories are lacking a trades workforce. This way, we can certainly work with Public Works and also the Housing Corporation. I would like to see that even enhancing the program even further. That is a good start. I call it in my language a baby step.
Madam Chair, the next item that I would like to highlight is aboriginal language services. As you recall, I questioned that with the Department of Education just the other day, the importance of having our own curriculum in our region. There are other regions that may have developed a curriculum. But at the same time, we do speak a different language. We deal with the culture aspect differently than other regions. I am glad to see some money allocated in this specific area.
My next item is on the policing, the justice. It took hard work to get to this point of identifying two isolated communities having a police presence. With the police presence, there will certainly be detachments, as well, down the road. This has been a long time coming. I would like to also highlight that there are other small communities out there that are still calling on us to get their police detachments, RCMP presence, as we heard in Colville Lake just over the past couple of weeks. We must support those small communities as well, continue supporting them. This is a step in the right direction. We highlighted two communities. I would like to thank the Department of Justice, specifically the Minister for his hard work in identifying this. It is a huge step in the right direction. Mahsi, Madam Chair. Those are my general comments.