Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the weekend I had an opportunity to go snowmobiling without hunting, for the record...
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...around some of the lakes just north of Yellowknife. Although the outing, Mr. Speaker, was very relaxing -- the land seemed quite serene and uninhabited most of the time -- but I was particularly concerned with the number of so-called cabins that littered the shorelines of many of the small unknown bodies of water and also some of the well-known lakes in the area.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform this House, the NWT residents and especially the non-residents who want to build structures on the land without proper authorization from this government, the federal Department of Indian Affairs or the local First Nations organizations, they are not only violating the territorial lands act under section 20, but also violating the stewardship values of the local First Nations who have lived in this area since time immemorial.