Mr. Speaker, the Department of Justice is drafting the wildlife legislation. We're working with them in RWED. The land claims organizations and the wildlife co-management boards are required to integrate the wildlife harvesting management provisions of their land claims agreements into the draft legislation. So you have a number of them. You have the Inuvialuit, you have the Gwich'in, you have the Sahtu and now you have the Tlicho that all want to take their wildlife harvesting management provisions of their claims and have it put into the draft legislation. There's a difference of opinion on how to do it. The land claims organizations have requested that further consultations not be undertaken until initial draft legislation is complete. That's what we're trying to do. Each of the land claims organizations have received funding to assist with the cost of the legal review of the proposed legislation. That is the approach at this time. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 430-14(6): Amendments To The Wildlife Act
In the Legislative Assembly on October 10th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 430-14(6): Amendments To The Wildlife Act
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 9th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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