Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There have been several irresponsible statements recently attributing reasons why wildlife seems to be behaving in a strange fashion. We have so many animals which are not following their traditional paths, etc. This happens from time to time, Mr. Speaker. I am very interested, and always have been, in the environment. I think it is irresponsible for people to say that caribou are behaving this way because of all the mining activity, the helicopters, planes, etc. without having any evidence of it. In fact there is quite a body of evidence to suggest that one of the things that affects human beings and animals more than anything else is climate. I am not trying to present any scientific case but we know the weather has been unusually mild and pleasant over the last while. If there is anything which affects people and animals it is the climate. When it is hot you take your coat off and so on and if you find you are cold you go to a warmer climate. These things affect people and animals.

I would like to suggest that those people that like to attribute the strange animal behaviour, for example just outside my house recently in the back there was a mink in the tree just looking down at me as I was putting out the garbage. There was also a fox the other night on my back porch. These had nothing to do with helicopters, Mr. Speaker. I would suggest that they were around because it happened to be a good place to be at this time of year. Thank you.