Mr. Chair, in trying to answer the question, I think we would have to look at some of the history with respect to the involvement of first nations in the development of their oil and natural gas resources.
One of the ways we've tried to prepare first nations people to be able to deal with their resources in a constructive way, either in their management or on the business side, is to set up the pilot initiative. The pilot initiative then led to the development of legislation, which we call FNOGMMA. When we were preparing for that initiative, we ensured people from each of the five tribes were put on a one-year training course at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, as well as work with some of the experts at Indian Oil and Gas Canada. So we tried that initiative. Three of those tribes have remained with their program and have developed the capacity to manage their resources.
As part of the continuous change process, we've tried to ensure that in the future, should more of our tribes feel they could possibly take advantage of opportunities, we would have expertise ready for them to use. At the same time, we would then try to set up capacity training programs for their benefit. We did a needs analysis as part of the initial work of the business centres. That needs analysis indicated our people definitely needed help trying to take advantage of business opportunities, but they also needed help in the direct management of their resources. These are some of the ways we've tried.