(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also wish to rise today to talk about concerns from the high Arctic and others. The federal government has wildlife studies. They study where the animals migrate and what kinds of food they eat in the Arctic. They also study sea mammals such as the walrus, seals and others. Just recently they did a study on the walrus. They were tagging walrus in my area. This is not a major concern in my riding of the high Arctic. They are not against tagging wildlife. However, the biologists have to put animals to sleep in order to weigh them and study them.

They have killed so many animals by putting them to sleep. This happened recently, in the summer. They were trying to tag a walrus and, without meaning to, they ended up killing the animal by tranquillizing it. Putting tranquillizers into animals to study them and ending up killing them is very unacceptable to the people I represent. This is a major concern and it will be an ongoing concern to the people of the north, particularly for those people who have to depend on these animals for food.

The biologists didn't even bring the walrus back into the community because it was full of tranquillizers. This has become a major concern to the people of the high Arctic. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.