Alfred Moses

Yes, Mr. Chair. As I mentioned, we do a wage subsidy that provides onthejob training, working with our partners. Plus, we also have some community initiative projects that focus on the development of skills, working with employers to put our residents to work, and with a focus, of course, on youth. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Definitely those are great potentials moving forward. We do have to see that strategic plan moving forward and the redirection the college will be taking and the programs and services that it will be providing, but definitely all those are great potentials moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I don't have that specific information with me right now, but we can get that information, how many of our students who are Aboriginal attending education programs down south, and share it with the Member.

Some of the reductions are focused on the enrolment rates that we get. We do see a decrease in some areas. Some of that was also reflective of our education renewal initiatives, as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and there are no additional resources. We believe that we have a strong division in the Immigration Division that is able to address the increase in numbers that we are seeing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We looked at the history of the enrolment rates in the two programs, then we also looked at the graduation rates in the two programs as well. Over the last three years with the social work program we are graduating on average four graduates every year, and as I mentioned this year we are expecting to have three graduates come out of that program. With the Teacher Education Program, although the enrolment rates averaged decently, we were still only getting seven graduates out of the TEP program. We continue to support our students who want to go and seek education outside...

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and we do hear the concerns of the Members and wanting to have a job creation fund. This program specifically is to give our residents in some of our smallest communities the skills that they need, the training that they need, and some of the education that they need so that they can go and seek employment within the North. We do hear all the feedback as we are developing a strategy, because we have done a big increase and it is a good news story; $3 million going into the small communities is a good news story.

We have got to promote the program a lot better. We need all...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With junior kindergarten rolling out, we'll continue to monitor and evaluate how things are going. Right now we have it in 20 schools and our superintendents are saying that the funding is adequate enough to meet the needs of the students who are entering junior kindergarten right now, and if you look at the line item, we still fund inclusive schooling over $25 million across the Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was my mistake. It is just over $2 million. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is on the application basis, and we do work with the communities to have those kinds of programs. I know in Fort Good Hope, for instance, we had that really great program where we were able to employ youth for the summer, and I encourage all communities to look at contacting the department to see how we can utilize this to get employment in our smallest communities or find projects in the small communities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.