Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to congratulate the Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board and the elders of the Mackenzie Delta area on successful production of their traditional knowledge book. The board has

shown that it can be done in the area of collection and use of traditional knowledge. The Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board was recently selected as a successful example of how traditional knowledge can be used in renewable resources management at an international workshop on traditional knowledge in Spain. This government has had several problems and concerns from the public on traditional knowledge. I would like to recommend that the Minister of Renewable Resources and Economic Development, which is the lead agency for the collection and use of traditional knowledge in the Northwest Territories, the Honourable Stephen Kakfwi, ensures that the government continue to provide support and finances to these groups and organizations that can actively collect and use the traditional knowledge of our elders. In concluding by reading a quote from a Gwich'in elder, "Passing our knowledge about the land and animals to our children is the best gift that we can have given to them." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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