Colin Mayes at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On November 28th, 2013. See this statement in context.

November 28th, 2013 / 4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Colin Mayes Conservative Okanagan—Shuswap, BC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Minister, it's great to see you here today.

I was a former chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and also spent much of my youth in northern Canada. I've always had an interest in engaging aboriginal youth in attaining jobs and independence. I was glad to see that our Budget 2013 had $241 million over five years to provide skills training to youth on reserve.

Could you explain a little about the main features of the new first nations job fund, and who's eligible and how that's rolling out?

Also, could you just touch a bit on how the department is interacting with INAC on the rollout?

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