Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too, as the representative for Inuvik Twin Lakes, cannot support this bill. I think I stated back when I tabled a document, a profile of Inuvik Twin Lakes, which says that we have a large proportion of our residents who still subscribe to the subsistence harvesting way of life. It is important for them to have some say in how we decide how we put this proposed bill into effect.

We are dealing with the same context as the gun law. This gun law really prohibits many of our subsistence hunters to exercise their rights because they are somehow governed by laws and other regulations that prohibits them from continuing to practice hunting and securing wildlife for food and clothing.

It is important for me as the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes to support the ongoing subsistence harvesters so that they can maintain what they feel is their legal and legitimate right to continue to practice that tradition. Mr. Speaker, I will not support this bill. Thank you.