Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a written question to the Premier.
There is a strong serious conservation issue on Southampton Island. The Department of Renewable Resources has advised the local hunters that if there is not a major culling of the caribou herd, the herd will die off from lack of food. Local hunters are prepared to reduce the herd.
Would the Premier please advise this House if the herd will not be reduced enough to deal with the conservation issue in the spring of 1995, will the government commit to bringing the abattoir back to the island early in the fall of 1995 to allow for the proper reduction of the caribou herd?