Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That is a very complex question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The social and economic challenges are intertwined. It is very hard to identify them one by one. It is important to work with partners and adopt a consistent approach and, I hope, as with the kind of program I have just described, a partnership-based approach. Programs can be ada

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd be happy to, because it's a fairly innovative approach to program delivery that is proving itself to be quite effective. At its foundation, as I was noting, is the whole concept of partnership. This isn't one player taking ownership of the issue. It's all the players coming t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't have the Baker Lake numbers right in front of me, but I can speak to some of the other projects. For example, we have a very large project with the Yukon Mine Training Association. There are training opportunities for 500 aboriginal people in that program, targeting close

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  A number of new directions will be the focal point for the new strategy. One relates to two of the themes I was just speaking about, the importance of partnership approaches and demand-driven training investments. There are a lot of innovative approaches across the country under

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The way the service delivery is going to be implemented is that there is a requirement for business plans. We're not having a competitive request for proposals, but we expect an organization that wants to continue to deliver services in a given geographic catchment area will subm

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll just briefly add that in our training investments we're not only trying to align with private sector demand, we're trying to align with basic infrastructure investments too, so that the infrastructure spending that Mr. Forbes was explaining, we think, has considerable skills

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd be happy to respond to that. I think you're speaking to two major issues here: one, the importance of coordination of investments, and the other, making sure those investments are actually aligned with local needs and priorities. Those are both huge priorities for us. We're

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can say two things with respect to Nunavik. First, we have a special agreement with that region in terms of the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy, in recognition of the fact that the region has special status. It involves more autonomy with respect to service deli

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I will try to answer that. Of course, it is the responsibility of the territorial government. However, there is an important relationship with training programs such as the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership Program. Through that program, many employers invest in essent

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can share some numbers as to what we're currently spending in 2009-10. I have that program in my notes as well. We're spending a total of $1.8 million in 2009-10 in the three territories. What I don't have, though, are their comparatives from the previous year. That is somethi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Are you referring to programs delivered through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation? I suspect that's what you're referring to, which is not an area of programming that I'm familiar with or am able to speak about. My colleague may be able to speak to that broadly.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, of course. I apologize. The northern population growth rate is nearly double the Canadian average, with a large aboriginal and youth population, especially in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, where two-fifths of the population is under the age of 25. Labour market pe

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. My name is Paul Thompson. I am the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for the Skills and Employment Branch at Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. I

Human Resources committee  There would be information from the labour force survey of Statistics Canada.