Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a lot of options that we could look at. I mention lowering the speed limits because I have noticed personally that some people don't slow down much when they come up on a herd of buffalo that are standing in a ditch or even on the side of the road. Those animals can move fast. They can decide to cross the road in the other direction, and maybe we need to do more education with the traveling public to say when you see buffalo, no one can predict what direction they're going to go, and maybe we should slow down a lot more than some people do. I know from experience that they can move very quickly. I don't think slowing down the speed limit on the whole road would necessarily resolve the problem, but I think just taking more caution would. So education will definitely be part of the response that we would want to make, and I think it's something that we will look at seriously, but not try to frustrate people. I will work with the Minister of RWED. If there is something we can do before we start getting more darkness in the fall, then we'll see if we can do that, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 272-14(6): Bison On NWT Highways
In the Legislative Assembly on June 6th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 272-14(6): Bison On NWT Highways
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 5th, 2003
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