Mr. Speaker, the government is committed to having a public service that represents the population we serve, which means we'd like to have a public service which is about 50 per cent Aboriginal. We do have the Affirmative Action Policy, which is a passive policy used during the hiring process. A number of departments have taken on some specific initiatives, like the Department of Justice with a corrections entry-level training program to train local people, targeting affirmative action candidates for jobs.

As far as a broader tool that's available, other than things like the Regional Recruitment Program and direct appointments, there's a limited number of programs that are just geared specifically for Aboriginal people. We do have an Aboriginal training program for senior managers that we do utilize and we do have an Aboriginal advisory group within the departments, staff from the departments, Aboriginal staff, who are providing some guidance on how we can work to better improve our statistics. Right now, we're running at about 32 to 33 per cent Aboriginal representation compared to 50 which is our ultimate desire.