Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of ENR. On Friday I had the opportunity to attend a meeting with the Barren-Ground Caribou Outfitters Association and a number of ENR officials. As well, Chief Sangris was there and some other MLAs. The underlying concern at that meeting was whether or not we are counting the caribou appropriately. I'd like to start off by asking the Minister of ENR, at that meeting there was some discussion about numbers in terms of harvest amounts. In the initial proposal that went to the Wekeezhii Renewable Resources Board, the number was 5,700. Subsequently, ENR has come back and said the harvest -- some animals taken were attributed to the Bluenose herd -- accounted for 535-odd animals, which would reduce the harvest of the Bathurst herd to 5,300, 52 and change. I'm wondering if the Minister, given this new information, would be able to instruct his officials at ENR to go back and advise the Wekeezhii Renewable Resources Board of that inaccurate information that was provided at the onset. Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 414-15(5): Caribou Herd Population Surveys
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Question 414-15(5): Caribou Herd Population Surveys
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 4th, 2007
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