Mr. Chairman, in regard to the reply from the committee to the Minister, especially in communities where we do not have the potential for oil, gas or any major developments happening, we have to start promoting the renewable, non-renewable businesses that are there, especially in the trapping and crafts area and fishing and the marketing of wheat products and what not.
There has been very little emphasis put on the importance of that sector in regard to dollars that have been spent in the past. Unknowingly that what happened in the fur industry, which we have seen in our communities, that there have been some major effects on that, especially when it comes to aboriginal abilities to subsistence. Where they used to have hundreds of trappers going out every year to trap, now we are down to a very small handful of them in our communities.
I am wondering, can the Minister tell us exactly what initiatives he is willing to take or bring forth to ensure that we improve that sector of our economy?