Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess the simple answer to that question is we worked with the aboriginal governments, the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in and the Sahtu Dene-Metis. They have land claims and in one particular case, we have been working with the Inuvialuit Game Council. There was a difference of approach and it subsequently slowed down our process. As I indicated earlier in this House, we have come to an agreement and things are moving along fairly quickly. Unfortunately, there won't be enough work done to have legislation in place by June. We intend to have a tabled document and the intention is that the tabled legislation would be a draft that would include all the different components of legislation and the intention is to table it so it's public and everybody in the North will see it. We want to do it right and that's the process we have identified and it looks like with all our working partners, the aboriginal governments, this seems to be acceptable. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 219-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 219-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 11th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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