Mr. Speaker, we will continue to make the case to the federal government that this is a priority for northerners, and we would acknowledge that although there's been a lot of good work done by the partners over the past five years and we're in the fifth year of implementation, we have yet to protect a single area. There are interim areas, there are areas that have been identified for protection, but we haven't, in fact, done this and we see this as, to date, a failing of the work of both our government and the federal government and the ENGOs. So obviously we have to move forward clearly. We have to fund the strategy, the $17.8 million approximately, and make sure that we actually, in fact, start to protect some of these very sensitive, special, natural and cultural areas. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 298-15(3): Status Of The Protected Areas Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 298-15(3): Status Of The Protected Areas Strategy
Question 298-15(3): Status Of The Protected Areas Strategy
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 24th, 2004
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