Thank you, Madam Speaker. I know that the department looks very often to the various hunters and trappers in the communities. I believe the department is a very community-oriented department, and any consideration that may be made for making use of animals for government or departmental purposes would require extensive consultation, I believe, with aboriginal people as well as with those people who are in the commercial industry. That shouldn't stop the department from looking at various ways in which we can benefit, but I believe that it would require extensive consultation, especially with aboriginal people who have some religious or significant relevance to the bear. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Silas Arngna'naaq on Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
In the Legislative Assembly on November 7th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 6th, 1994
Page 787
Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
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