Human Resources committee  I can comment on that from Vale's perspective. We do partner with the post-secondary institutions. In Sudbury we actually developed a mobile classroom. This is in a transport truck with walls that move. We bring it out to the first nations communities where sometimes the youth ar

Human Resources committee  The specific reference to the jobs changing was in going from an open-pit bulk operation to a much more technical underground operation that is in narrower working areas. You have to deal with ground stresses. You have to deal with a lot of variables that we have a lot of experie

Human Resources committee  I don't have the numbers across our operations. I can tell you that it varies by operation. At the Voisey's Bay mine, I think 52% of our employees are aboriginal. Bob, you can tell me what that represents in terms of numbers. But we almost have an inverse relationship. Our you

Human Resources committee  Sure. It's trending up. It has to, because we're finding these where there's no urban base workforce for us.

Human Resources committee  I'll defer to my colleague from Voisey's Bay who's familiar with the operation.

Human Resources committee  I'll be speaking, thanks. I'm giving into age, so I need these.... Thank you very much. Good morning, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. Thank you very much for this opportunity to present to the Standing Committee on Human Resources and to participate in this important discus