Mr. Speaker, last week I had the honour of being in my wonderful riding of Yukon. During the busy week, I was pleased to announce $900,000 in federal government funding to Yukon College for geoscience and geohydro technology programs. This will help Yukon students and workers gain certification for highly skilled work in the mining industry. An additional $1.3 million for training simulators was given to the Yukon Mine Training Association, both were through CanNor.
While the member for Western Arctic criticizes CanNor, votes against the Dempster highway extension from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk and refrains from standing to vote for his constituents to end the long gun registry, our government, our Prime Minister and this member of Parliament are making the north and the people there a priority.