There are a lot of people in the communities who have been doing all of the work in the communities for years, so they know a bit of everything, but perhaps they can't get into the trades. Despite the fact that they might be able to do the work, you still have to fly someone in to do the work because you need a journeyperson, and that increases costs. It increases costs for whoever's doing the work, including the Government of the Northwest Territories.

We are looking at some creative solutions to assist those individuals. Again, I know I always point to the college, but expansion of the use of the community learning centres and making them more accessible and offering those types of programs, I think, would really go a long way to achieving that goal. I know there is a lot of interest in this, and there are some very interesting things happening that are on the horizon. I would be happy to sit down with committee and provide an in-depth briefing and answer and have the experts there who could answer all of the questions about what the plans are going forward, and we can get that input from committee, as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.