Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the answer is yes, we are expanding our Trades Apprenticeship Program. We’ve invested several hundred thousand. Let’s say $200,000 for the additional support for our apprenticeships and through our Labour Market we’ve identified another $400,000 in that area. Throughout the department we do have approximately a million in that figure that supports the apprenticeship and the trades sector.
The new funding that’s been identified is focusing on the women and aboriginal people in the
communities for the Northwest Territories; so strictly focusing in that area. Also, we are, Mr. Chair, reviewing a program as a pilot project where we’re potentially having apprenticeship preparation for aboriginal persons programming similar to the ones in Alberta, if we can deliver that model in the Northwest Territories and other models that we can certainly utilize that we can have individuals benefit from it.
Mr. Chairman, yes, the answer will be we are making changes and providing more opportunities for those small, isolated communities. Mahsi.