Thank you. I'm happy to do that.
The initiatives are both in a general way within the community as well as specifically into labour. Speaking initially from a port authority perspective, one thing we've been able to do is act as a coordinator for not just our port-related employer partners but also more broadly for community employers to put together a co-operative recruitment program to be able to get into labour markets that are further afield. That's creating more awareness around not only employment opportunities within this region but also what it's like to live in a unique and attractive part of our country.
We also have been in the fortunate position of taking 5% of our net income as a port authority every year and investing it in partnership with community organizations in different capital assets, ranging from medical equipment to sports fields to art centres, etc. Again, that's with a real focus on legacy capital assets that impact quality of life. However, we're only one part of that.
Certainly we have a number of local partners, whether that be terminal operators like DP World or AltaGas or whether that be B.C. Maritime Employers Association and the local labour unions, that work very closely in ensuring that they are offering unique training opportunities that fit this community and this region, and they are largely with a focus on our indigenous population. In the transportation supply chain workforce report, you certainly saw that theme of trying to ensure that areas of our community that were under-represented in the labour force were getting that broad opportunity. There are many examples of that.
As I indicated during my presentation, our single biggest challenge is that we need more people to take advantage of those kinds of programs. Certainly there are specialized skills within this industry, whether in terminals on the water or in trucking or in rail, and I think we have the same challenges as many other regions of the country.
However, as I said earlier, in a smaller, more isolated community, there's a much more daunting prospect to recruiting, and recruiting has to be a part of how we grow this community. While we are leaning in as hard as we can collectively, it's also something that sometimes requires bigger signals and encouragement from other partners.