Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here, gentlemen. This is very enlightening.
I'd like to talk about the education aspect of this and the aboriginal youth. As we all know, they are the future of our labour force. When we are talking about businesses that are taking place on reserve, I suppose the way I look at it is that we have this great pool, this collateral that they could be using, and the training is a major aspect of it.
I'm wondering if that's really what we're looking at. Is it to try to make sure that there are jobs for people on reserve? Or are we simply saying “here are some opportunities and as soon as you're trained you're heading out the door and you're going someplace else”? Is that a bit of a focus as far as aboriginal businesses on reserve go? Are they looking at that as a source for being able to use their people who are there? Or are they simply looking for dollars and cents and not utilizing it to its advantage?