Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this present time, I will not support the amendment to the motion. I think it wasn't long enough to what we have been told by the government and by the people of the Northwest Territories. The things that came out of the summit in Inuvik, I think their voice is important. I understand there is a debate about the numbers right now, but I will give you an example. The Inuvialuit are people that conserve and manage. Although they dispute the numbers right now presently back home, they still took that measure and said, okay, look. Although we know the dispute about the numbers, again, they are there. They took the numbers and looked at it and said, look, as co-management boards, we have to do something with this. They sat down with the department. I really appreciate the work that my people in the co-management board do on behalf of the wildlife, not only the caribou; the fish, the char that happened in Paulatuk, the Perry caribou that happened in Sachs Harbour. They have been on a quota system for 10 or 15 years. They are surviving just by management alone. So we take one species like the Perry caribou and central Banks Island and you do that and work with it. They are sustainable to a point now that they will live with what is given to them. At this present time, I will not support the amendment. I will go with the motion that came out before. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Calvin Pokiak on Motion To Amend Motion 23-15(5), Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Motion To Amend Motion 23-15(5), Defeated
Item 15: Motions
March 11th, 2007
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