(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand today to express the concerns of our fellow Canadians, especially the people in High Arctic, on the decreasing population of the Peary caribou in Arctic communities, on Queen Elizabeth Island. We have known about the decreasing population of the Peary caribou. Without being told by government, the people in the High Arctic started using a conservation method and decided they would not kill a lot of caribou. In the 1960s the caribou were migrating from those islands to other parts. For many years the populations were decreasing, and now they seem to be increasing again in the Arctic Islands. We do not want these caribou to be depleted, so we have agreed up in the northern communities to conserve these caribou.

There have been some surveys done, and now they want to do a survey this spring, in May. I believe May is not an appropriate month to do a survey because the new calves will be born in and around May. They will be using airplanes and helicopters when they are conducting their survey, and they will be affecting these caribou, especially during the birthing periods. We, as Canadians, and the High Arctic people, have agreed to not have this survey conducted during the month of May. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not done but my two minutes are up.