Sure.
We have a strategy. Our communities are located in very remote areas. Half of the communities are still on diesel and half of the communities don't have road access. We've done modelling of what jobs we need between now and the year 2038. A good chunk of those jobs are going to come from the fish sector. These are fishing people, and we have to begin there. Secondarily, forestry can play a role, both traditional forestry and value-added.
However, both fisheries and forestry are not areas with potential for high growth. We know that public administration—band administration, if you will—is going to be a big part of this, and we need to train people that way.
One very important area in that public service is stewardship. Stewardship is a broad word; however, taking over responsibility on a governmental basis for the Great Bear Rainforest requires that we have people who are enforcers and have delegated authority, as well as compliance officers to gather information and collect baseline data on what is happening with returning salmon or not, what is happening in the forest, and collecting information on animals. It's an indirect response to being stewards and keepers of the land. People are going to need to be trained, and I think our people recognize that.
We've initiated a curriculum with Vancouver Island University on stewardship. We've had three years of delivering it. These are university credit courses. We need more of that activity. We need help in capacity development. It's not to focus just on one sector; we're trying hard to be a diverse economy and be diversified on the landscape, lighter on the landscape, to provide the wherewithal for human well-being.
The government's help in terms of the relationship is very much appreciated. We applaud the Liberal government for starting the relationship. We need to continue with that. We need funding and we need government-to-government planning across ministries, not just one or two.
I'm very excited about what we're doing in fisheries, what we're starting to do in oceans, and what we need to do in government relations and capacity training, and so forth.