Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to Question O313-12(2), asked by Mr. Ludy Pudluk on March 12, 1992. A Peary caribou recovery plan is being developed by a team of caribou researchers from across Canada. The chairman is a biologist from the Department of Renewable Resources. She wrote a letter last year to hunters and trappers associations' presidents informing them that the Peary caribou recovery team was established and that communities would be involved in making management decisions. Meetings or workshops will be held with communities in the High Arctic when a draft recovery plan is developed.
Residents of Resolute and Grise Fiord are concerned about the low numbers of Peary caribou and have voluntarily reduced the harvest. The Department of Renewable Resources had been providing funds to assist residents to travel to other hunting areas. Until Peary caribou increase in numbers, the department will continue, as much as possible, to assist residents to obtain caribou from other areas. Thank you.