Yes, I understand the point that the Member is making. I would suggest that, if we engage in the selling of gall bladders of black bears, for instance, we would wipe out the black bears in the Mackenzie Valley in just a number of years. There is a high price to pay in getting involved in the selling of animal parts. As the price goes up, the risk of over harvesting and poaching to the point of extinction of certain species increases. That is what the international trade on animal parts is dealing with right now. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
In the Legislative Assembly on March 28th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 27th, 1994
Page 888
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