Human Resources committee  Under the IBA with the company, BHP, we have a hiring target of 200 aboriginal people from the Dogrib Nation, and because we're dealing with entry-level people with low skills, we can't put all of them in to fill those 200 positions. So our target number is 200. And we have 175 a

Human Resources committee  There are about 600.

Human Resources committee  I guess there were a lot of people who got caught driving impaired, and all of that, during the strikes. You've got to remember that in an aboriginal community where you have about 470 people, there are only about 20 jobs available for that population of 470. When BHP came into

Human Resources committee  In a small community there are no jobs. In maybe our smallest community there are about 120 people and maybe five jobs.

Human Resources committee  No, I'm not.

Human Resources committee  I'm not a manager, I'm an employee. I help the employees on the site with personal problems and problems at home. I'm available for them on the site. When they need to talk to somebody, they come to me. I do translation and things like that for them.

Human Resources committee  Indirectly, yes.

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Hello, my name is Maurice Zoe. I have lived in the Northwest Territories all my life. I'm a Tlicho citizen of Behchoko, or Fort Rae, which is the largest aboriginal group in the north. I have been employed at Ekati as the aboriginal site coordinator and recreation officer since 1