Natural Resources committee  Yes, for the new jobs, and the population is just over 33,000.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. With our growing population, within four years we need 2,500 new jobs. That's just to stay in tune with our growing population. In ten years we need about that amount—5,000.

Natural Resources committee  We do see that. Just like every other jurisdiction, we do have that problem with the lack of skilled labour. We foresee that coming, and we want to try to keep in pace. We want to educate and train our people for some of these skilled semi-professional and even professional jobs

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Yes, within our department we have a fair number of programs to assist the start-up of small businesses and to assist existing small businesses through various programs within our department. For development, mostly on Inuit-owned land in Nunavut, the deve

Natural Resources committee  It's both for assistance in management and to encourage the growth of small businesses. With the development happening on Inuit-owned land, of course through our land claims there are negotiations with the proponent and the regional Inuit associations. There are the Inuit impac

Natural Resources committee  We have within our government a couple of corporations: the Nunavut Development Corporation and the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation. We work in conjunction with other lending agencies, such as the First Nations Bank and Atuqtuarvik Corporation, which was formed under the land

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. It's an excellent question. You're absolutely right. I spent 13 years in oil well drilling in the Beaufort Sea, ten of those offshore. I spent seven years at the Lupin gold mine, both underground and on the surface. A lot of things were done right at the Me

Natural Resources committee  I think there should be a little more emphasis on basic life skills training. That's one of the things we enthusiastically try to promote. When I talk about basic life skills training, I mean how to manage your family life, your bank account, and other various things that keep a

Natural Resources committee  I'd have to say training. After they were trained, 265 Baker Lake folks went to work there. At any given time there are about 400 Inuit workers at the site indirectly, some through contracting, others through other companies that contract to the mine. So what was a “has-been“ com

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for that question. It's one of the envies of the other jurisdictions. You want your GDP to grow, of course. The lack of education is always a struggle within our territory. One of the things we're trying to do is promote more on the parenting side. As you know, paren

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. As my colleague from the NWT indicated, in Nunavut the high cost of diesel-generated power and the ageing power infrastructure we have up there in the 26 communities is a high cost to the government and a high cost to the communities. One of the things we're looking

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. Our chief negotiator has already initiated communications with NTI, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, and the federal counterpart. We intend to press for the negotiations to continue and the sessions to begin. Our goal is to start negotiations for the agreement in prin

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. With the three territories we have cooperated on the northern minerals workforce development strategy, which I mentioned in my presentation. We're looking for a lot of economic growth and trained people in the north. We're expecting within the next decade that there

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely, and thank you for that question. The Nunavut Impact Review Board is legislated under the Nunavut land claims agreement, and for the most part it's been a small organization since 1999. The expansion and growth in exploration activity has grown in tremendous proportio

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and good morning. On behalf of the Government of Nunavut, I would like to express my appreciation for this opportunity to share our experience with the members of the standing committee. The map we have distributed shows what most experts and industry