Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. As I stated earlier today in my Member's statement, Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to make a few facts known that the harvesting activity in the NWT is on the rise with the rising cost of living, too. More people are relying on harvested meat and fish. Forty percent of northerners, or 17,000 people in the NWT, are harvesting these days, and 20 percent of our total population are harvesting all of their needs for their meat and fish. That's quite a significant number, Mr. Speaker. My question I wanted to ask the Minister responsible for Industry, Tourism and Investment, or ITI, with the conflicting stories that we get in the newspapers and from locals about, from traditional long-time northerners, some outfitters and tourists and transients, and new northerners, as I like to call them, there's always conflicting stories on estimates of herd numbers and harvesting practices. So I just wanted to ask the Minister what methods of information gathering or researching is his department embarking on to give us a more realistic number on herd development and harvesting. Thank you.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 370-15(4): Support For Traditional Economy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 370-15(4): Support For Traditional Economy
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 8th, 2006
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