Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Doi T’oh Canyon territorial park, I would like to ask the Minister his plans for infrastructure on that.
I heard the Minister of ITI talk about some of the challenges with the federal government in terms of land ownership, cleaning up that park. That proposed park certainly has some interest by the people in the Tu Nedhe district in terms of ownership through our land claims. However, we don’t want to take over a garbage dump, as the trail is being known as, because of the contaminated soil, drums. Everything needs to be cleaned up before we take over that park.
In terms of the Minister’s commitment to continue working on this park, what can the people in the Sahtu, specifically the Tulita district, do to continue to have some interest, some presence in this park in terms of having some ownership? Right now we have a management committee. That management committee has, I understand, been approved by the interested parties. Now how do we get things on the go here to have some presence so that we can open up this park under a unique management arrangement by the aboriginal groups and this government? Thank you, Mr. Chair.