Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't think I got an answer in that, but I'll try again.

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My concern is that there are a number of operators, eight that operate in the Mackenzie mountains. Two are from Whitehorse, two are from BC, three are from Alberta, and one is from Norman Wells. In my area, I don't think meat has come into my communities from their kills, nor have their been any guides hired from my community. And, besides, they are not monitored. The games officers don't monitor them.

The people are coming to me saying they're concerned that they are taking too many animals. I'm asking if there is any way that communities could get involved in monitoring these big game hunters? Perhaps through a committee set up in that area, to issue a number of tags, or so forth. Conservation is a big issue in the north. You have polar bear quotas, and you have caribou quotas. We don't know how much is taken out of the mountains. It is unknown. If the big game hunters are coming in there and killing as much as they want, we don't know. So, I'm asking the Minister if there is any system in place where we could get involved, at the community level, to monitor these hunters?