Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under resource management and economic development, there are a number of areas that I have some concerns with. It's more, I guess, past experience. For example, when we went through a lot of reduction scenarios, the Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, more wildlife officers, I guess is the term -- renewable resources officers, I guess they used to be termed, I think they're still along those lines. There were some additional responsibilities put on to them as part of their existing duties, but there wasn't really any other resources to address the extra workload. There were some training initiatives put in place, and so on. I'd like to know if the Minister has in fact done anything to improve on this, because we have situations where a lot of their responsibility as officers is to go out on the land. That's where they need to be. With the reductions that happened, there was less and less of that happening. I must say, though, the crew in the Inuvik region have done quite a job with the resources they have, so I have to acknowledge that. Have there been any changes here to up the amount of resources that offices would have? Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
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Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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