Thank you very much. Good question.
Going back to this particular declaration, including the resource one, I've spoken to the people at the Inuit Circumpolar Council about setting up a process by which they will implement these particular declarations. They're going through the process now, getting the resources to build that implementation approach on those declarations, because they are quite broad and apply to a large area in the circumpolar world. It is also a suggestion by the ICC to make the point at this committee that there is very much an important role Inuit can play on a circumpolar level with respect to these developments. Inuit can speak to other Inuit in Russia, Alaska, and Greenland, and can discuss these issues on a broad level, including oil and gas, offshore, etc. There is also a particular role Inuit can play across that board within their own organizations and their own group. So that's an important part of the whole discussion strategy. The declarations themselves aren't just declarations but also signals that Inuit want to be players in the circumpolar world and make decisions, and to help make those decisions.
In terms of the training aspects, as you probably know, there are a lot of challenges in trying to get people trained in particular areas of employment, careers, and so forth, when the school system and the education achievements are fairly low. It's not just today that you have people wanting to get jobs, but you have to look at a long-term goal to get the educational achievements of young Inuit up, get them graduating. That's why the education strategy that President Simon talked about...she's wanting to get as much support from various players who want this as a fundamental building block, even if it's for the industry side, for jobs, for government, and so forth. I think it's important that the long-term education strategy be focused not just on the immediate term, where there might only be four people being trained at a given site or whatever, or there are retention issues....
I think there's the broader, long-term vision that needs to be looked at. I think we'd welcome discussions with the various industry folks around this table, and others, and to discuss this with Mary Simon as well, to see how they can participate in that particular development.