Alfred Moses

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We continue to work with College nordique on a year-to-year basis and look at how we provide them with funding. We continue to have a good partnership with the institution. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We can't give a targeted number. It is based on a lot of things; how many employers do we have in the Northwest Territories, how many bands would like to partnership on either small community projects and how many would be willing to take on that wage subsidy, making sure that we have residents out there who are capable, ready, and willing to work as well. We can't really throw out a number. If anything, it would be nice to match the numbers that we had last time. With the new investment, hopefully we will have more communities that want to uptake this project and this...

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and that was funding that we got from the federal government for the heavy equipment operator's facility in Fort Smith. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

The Member did bring up the access students. The Aurora College staff has worked with the access students to look at the next steps for them in their career path, so they are working on that side of things. As I mentioned, we still continue to support families and students wherever they want to get their postsecondary education. As I mentioned earlier, we spent $12 million in Student Financial Assistance, and that affects over 1,200 students who are getting postsecondary education at this moment. Any families that have dependents, there is an increase in the Student Financial Assistance that...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I mentioned, that decision was made on the recommendation of the board chairs.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We can get those specific numbers. We just have to do a little bit of work to get those specifics. What we are seeing is we are seeing a lot more of that skilled labour force here in Yellowknife, for one; and then also at our regional centres that have more job opportunities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are rolling that program out. I do not have the specifics on how many schools are offering the program right now. Obviously, there are some challenges when you look at that program in terms of classroom space, or space that allows for people to practise kind of apprenticeships moving forward. We are, just to let the Members know, developing an apprenticeship, trades, and occupational strategy. Once we have got through approval, we can do a presentation to standing committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We already have a lot of contacts with organizations, based on the history of the rollout of the small community employment support program. We will continue to work with those organizations and continue to have some of our regional staff promote the program, as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. That is going to be a review of all of the administrative services with all the education authorities and how they can better have shared services going forward. So that's pretty well what it entails. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I mentioned, we were looking at putting that support team together of five jobs. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, so that is what that was. Thank you, Mr. Chair.