Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department has provided 40,000 traps this year to replace the leg hold traps. An additional 10,000 traps were replaced by this fall and we were able to receive another 2,000 from the Yukon. These are the new traps which we give out in exchange for the leg hold traps. This is the assistance provided for the trappers who want to trap. Our budget for local hunters and trappers in the Northwest Territories is $800,000. This money goes directly to hunters and trappers. We also have the Harvesters' Assistance Program for the communities, which is approximately $400,000 for the entire Northwest Territories, and we have an Outpost Camp Program which is approximately $200,000. In the western Arctic we have a Back to the Land Program which enables the hunters, through their local H.T.A.s, to get some resources so that they can go out and trap or harvest other animals. Thank you.
Titus Allooloo on Question 183-12(3): Financial Assistance For Trappers
In the Legislative Assembly on December 3rd, 1992. See this statement in context.
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Question 183-12(3): Financial Assistance For Trappers
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 2nd, 1992
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
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