Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, the Member's already mentioned one of them, is making sure that there was a wide information available across this country of what sorts of services -- what sort of needs we had here in the territory, being ready to take advantage of opportunities when there are other places, where there may be people looking to come north.
Right now, the work that's happening in the Department of Finance really is on that recruitment side. So there's already detailed marketing that has been done. There has already been significant engagement taking place with Aurora College, ensuring -- and in fact, I'm told that in 2021 every qualified graduate who accepted an offer has in fact been hired and is now in a permanent role in Stanton. So they're working closely across departments.
Mr. Speaker, there's, you know simply put there's been an unfortunate decrease in the number of applicants applying so that is certainly perhaps being reflected in the situation that we are seeing right now this week here in Yellowknife. But, again, it's not for lack of trying. Again, updating all that investigation and getting the information out there and they have to certainly continue to do that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.