Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the numbers that I draw attention to is the fact that through the management plan in 1986 there were 470,000 identified Bathurst caribou in the herd, and in 2003 there were 186,000. If you just look at it for the layperson, I'm not a biologist, but it looks like the bottom fell out of this herd when in fact if you add up all the numbers of the caribou on the mainland from the east coast of Hudson Bay to the Mackenzie River, there are over 600,000 animals there. So when are we going to start counting the entire caribou population and why is there this push to have individual management boards for each herd? Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 450-15(3): Caribou Management
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2005. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 450-15(3): Caribou Management
Question 450-15(3): Caribou Management
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 21st, 2005
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