Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s in both industry and the Government of the Northwest Territories’ best interest to have employees living here in the Northwest Territories. Again, ITI was responsible for the negotiation and completion of the socio-economic agreements and the training requirement is the responsibility of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. As I mentioned earlier, we work closely with Minister Lafferty and his staff, we are currently trying to put together a pan-territorial approach to mine training that would look at providing the funding for both the Nunavut Territory, the Yukon Territory and ourselves for years to come because of the mining activity taking place in the three northern territories. We’re hopeful that we can get some success on trying to find some funding from the federal government on that initiative and there will be some good news coming soon. Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 119-17(4): Mining Socio-Economic Agreement Employment Targets
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 119-17(4): Mining Socio-Economic Agreement Employment Targets
Oral Questions
February 20th, 2013
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