Mr. Speaker, as Members know, although I am a representative of a mining town, non-renewable resources, I am very interested in the future of the territories in the renewable resource area. This morning at 8:00 I received a call from Nancy Buckley telling me she had a lot of mariahs. These are large fish. She wanted to know if I wanted them filleted or just whole. I said I would ask the Minister if it would be all right for me to have filleted fish. Would it be all right for me to get filleted fish from this person? This means I would be getting processed fish, and because I am an MLA, I wouldn't want to break the law.

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, I would hope that we would be able to sell whole or filleted fish. I would hope we would be able to sell whole filleted fish.

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But my personal preference would be that we have deep fried fish with a few chippies on the side. Thank you.

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Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

Mr. Speaker, we have had a tradition of getting local foods so we could eat in the back room. I wonder if Mr. Todd, through his office, could arrange that we have some of this fish and then Members of this House could fully appreciate the quality of the fish in the big lake close to us?

Mr. Todd.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question raised by Mr. Lewis. I would suggest to him that we discuss it with the Speaker, who makes arrangements for the goodies in this House. Thank you.

Which I would remind Members, there are very few of in these days of austerity. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The advice I am getting from our legal advisors and also the newspaper I read, that had an article from a native lawyer, stated that this ban on discharging firearms along the Ingraham Trail does not affect aboriginal rights, if that is the Member's concern. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The concern was raised last year when we used to have a no hunting corridor in place on the Ingraham Trail starting November 1 until April 30. The problem was the caribou came to that area last year, prior to November 1, 1992, and there were thousands of caribou that were harvested. Even in places where people had cabins, there was shooting taking place. The concern was that regulation was the responsibility of Renewable Resources. Under the Wildlife Act, it was quite inadequate because the fines, some people felt, were not high enough. And the penalties were not severe enough. So we have asked our government to see if they could implement an act that has more teeth to allow the shooting of firearms to be prevented in that particular area. So we used the Municipal and Community Affairs Act, which disallows firearms for safety reasons. I believe there was some consultation. I asked my department to come back to me with the details of information, who they met and whether they went into communities to

consult with the people, and I can get that information later on, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am told that my department consulted with: Metis local 66; the president of Metis local 55; the chief of Yellowknife Dene Band; the chief of Ndilo Dene Band; president of Ingraham Trail residents' association; president of Cassidy Point; Prosperous Lake association; manager, lands division, DIAND; manager, planning and lands, city of Yellowknife; and, Yellowknife Hunters' and Trappers' Association. As to what extent they consulted I would have to go back for more details. Thank you.

Item 6, oral question. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.

Mr. Allooloo.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this point, the only restriction of firing a firearm applies to parts of Ingraham Trail. It does not apply to the Yellowknife highway. If the people of that particular area want a ban then, obviously, Mr. Speaker, we would have to go through extensive consultation, not only with Yellowknife people but also people from the Fort Rae and Edzo area. Thank you.

Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Koe.