Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to add a couple of more comments very briefly. I would like to see the department reinstate the $80,000 for Skills Canada support. This is something that is not costly, but I think it’s an effective program. The department had some conditions there which they would support. Committee was in touch with Skills Canada and provided the department with a copy of their response. Obviously they are doing exactly what the department would like to see happen. So I will be bringing a motion forward on that later.
I also want to mention the Aurora College programs in the area of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy planning that’s completely missing in action still, despite the fact that we have been moving strongly towards spending tens of millions of dollars in this area as our people themselves in every community. We are saddled with the unfortunate situation where we know it should be done, but we just don’t know how to do it. The opportunities are huge for both employment and savings, reducing costs to people, if we have a skilled workforce here. So I am hoping the Minister will tell us some good things are going to be happening very soon on that front.
Again, highlighting with Aurora College, the loss of the diploma program for translators. I know there are programs happening in communities and stuff, but it’s not a certification diploma program and that’s what is needed for the sorts of jobs that are available such as in this very Legislative Assembly. I still encounter through your examples and situations, we hear about on the news where programs are dropped because of low subscription in Fort Smith, whereas the evidence is when those things are moved to another campus, the attendance goes up, the number of students goes up. I hope there will continue to be some tune-ups to Aurora College to address some of these issues. Thank you.