Member Statement (30 April 2024)

From Hansard (30 April 2024)

 

Partnership Will Help Indigenous People Find Natural Resource Sector Jobs

Mr. Jenson: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday I joined the Minister of Trade and Export Development and several Indigenous business leaders at the English River First Nation Business Complex for an exciting announcement.

The province is investing $400,000 as part of a new partnership with the Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence. This investment will be used to conduct a needs assessment which will identify barriers faced by Indigenous peoples when trying to enter employment in the natural resources sector. The assessment will be used to develop strategies to connect Indigenous people to jobs in the natural resource sectors.

I’d like to read some comments from our partners into the record, Mr. Speaker. From Sheldon Wuttunee, president and CEO [chief executive officer] of the First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence: “We want our kids to be well-prepared and want them to participate and build values for the future. Partnerships like this we are announcing today are extremely important to us.”

From Chief Delbert Wapass of Thunderchild First Nation: “The Saskatchewan Party has done so much to help Saskatchewan’s Indigenous people.”

Sean Willy, president and CEO of the Des Nedhe Group, said, “This is another groundbreaking partnership created in Saskatchewan.”

And finally, Mr. Speaker, from Tyson Bear, Chief of Flying Dust First Nation: “By working together, we will grow together for a better future for all of us in Saskatchewan.”

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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