At the National Coalition of Chiefs (NCC) we have developed several national First Nation employment and training programs, including our flagship, the NCC National First Nations Electrician Apprenticeship program, which operates in partnership with the Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association (ASWA). We’re also working with First Nation communities and industry to develop an employment program to defeat on-reserve poverty. None of this would be possible without the support of Canada’s natural resource industries, led by our oil and gas industry.