Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The land claim agreements of the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in, the Sahtu, all contain co-management boards that require us to work in partnership with these organizations to manage use of the land, resources and wildlife.
The Wildlife Act itself is going to be completely revised and re-drafted. Again, this is only in its initial stage, which should be complete in a week or so.
In a few days, there will be the first consultation process with the public on how to proceed with the drafting of a new Wildlife Act. I believe there are compelling reasons to extend a hand to the aboriginal leaders in the regions to ask them to partner with us in the development of this very significant piece of legislation.
As well, we have undertaken to implement the Protected Areas Strategy, which was developed with the aboriginal leaders, with industry, and with environmental groups a couple of years ago. We have taken as many opportunities as possible to work in every way we can to ensure our wildlife, our land and our environment are fully protected. We will use every instrument we can to advance that. Thank you.