LaVar Payne at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I welcome you to this session. You have provided our committee with some pretty important information.

I'm interested in some of the programs HRSDC has been talking about, in particular through the aboriginal human resources development strategy. I noted in your comments that you indicated that since 1999, 42,000 aboriginal Canadians have returned to school. In that regard, I'm wondering if you could expand on how you are actually reaching out and targeting the youth for some of these programs in the north.