Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by sending greetings to my wife and children.

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Mr. Speaker, today I would like to speak on an issue that has been touched on by a number of Members. It has to do with the people of the north in what we used to accomplish in the past. Mr. Speaker, in the community I represent we felt the changes from the creation of Inuvik. We have seen the change from the trapping industry to an industrial industry when the oil boom came. We now feel the impact of government. Mr. Speaker, the people of Inuvik and the Delta have lived there and have changed from one form of life to another. From trappers to people who worked on the oil rigs and unfortunately, in some cases to people who depend on the government. There has been many changes, Mr. Speaker. I think we need to look at the changes that have occurred and try to help the people through those changes.

Mr. Speaker, in my community, tourism is an aspect that has been brought up time and time again, of an area that we can try and expand into to create jobs and much needed income.

Mr. Speaker, the people who fit the job, as I see it, would be the trappers. The people who have travelled on the land, who hunted the animals, who learned how to respect the land. Mr. Speaker, it is those people that I raise my concerns about today. In the way they are living and in the way they were living their lives, they did things traditionally. They used the land and the animals, but they are finding now to try keep this tradition alive and the culture going, they are going to have to take part in a business environment. Mr. Speaker, we need to find a way of easing the hunters and trappers into the world of tourism so they can succeed of spreading the knowledge to all the people who come to visit the north. As well, spread the knowledge to the children that are growing to remember what life was like when our parents grew up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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