(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have taken the initiative by providing for the negotiations for polar bear management agreements. I was aware at the time about the quotas and how they were developed. That was not initiated from the communities, but it was initiated by the government. Polar bear management agreements were discussed at the recent meeting in Rankin Inlet, attended by departmental officials and polar bear hunters.
Next week the same group will be meeting in Iqaluit to deal with the Foxe Basin polar bear population. The Keewatin hunters will meet again in Rankin Inlet to discuss the Hudson Bay polar bear population and quotas.
At the meeting in Rankin Inlet, our scientists presented their polar bear population findings and use of the traditional knowledge of the Inuit to verify the results.
Those kinds of meetings are fairly new, and in the future they will enable the government to make regulations and management agreements using the scientists' findings and the traditional knowledge of the Inuit. Thank you.