Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not think it leads to that. This business of getting into timber harvesting is not one that is commercially viable in all regions. It has been done in the South Slave for a number of years. I am not sure how commercially viable they have been as stand-alone operations. We know that in the Liard/Deh Cho region, it is commercially viable, but very often it is more an area of where you cut down the timber and ship them out for processing in the south. We do have a policy, again I am not certain that this is one policy or one that is a series of policies or whether they are even written. I know it is our approach to support timber harvesting where it is viable in terms of the inventory and it is sustainable. That it is done on a good management basis. There is a management plan either in place or expected to be in place within an acceptable time frame by the local or regional people involved. It is harvested and processed in the Northwest Territories as much as possible. Trying to create jobs and substantially more benefits than there would be if we just allowed for businesses to cut down the trees and then ship them down south for processing. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 27th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 26th, 1997
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