Phil McColeman at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On December 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.

December 6th, 2011 / 4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Phil McColeman Conservative Brant, ON

Thank you for being here.

I just want to clarify with you some of the numbers, Mr. Merasty. You said in your remarks that the population of northern Saskatchewan is around 40,000. Is that correct? You mentioned that 86% of that population is first nations and Métis. Then of that, 30% are actually in the workforce. Just kind of doing the math on that, you're saying that currently there are 18,000 job openings. Is that correct?

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