Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, I respect the privilege of any Member at any time to come in and fine tune a motion of the House and see if there is a way of improving it. To the point of the state of the population or the threats that it may be under is a point of great discussion in a number of different venues right

now, Mr. Speaker. The position that the motion takes is that, indeed, the caribou population is under threat and that action needs to be taken. I am standing, of course, in support of the motion and in opposition to this amendment because I do believe that it is, at least in part, a rate of rapid decline of the population of caribou that compels us to take the kind of action that we have been advocating and, as the motion calls for, is advocated by the people who met in Inuvik in January. So I will not be supporting the amendment, because I do sincerely believe that there is something going on and we have to act on just as soon as we can and with as much resolve and determination as we can, Mr. Speaker.