Mr. Chairman, in to the ferry crossings, I know the Minister is aware the letters that he has received from a family in Tsiigehtchic who basically has fished there. The family had that area and fished on that side of the Mackenzie River for years, long before the highway was even there. Now they are being encroached on by the ferry landings, which has moved towards the individual’s harvesting area where they set their nets and that. I know there was a letter sent to you as Minister. I already spoke to you about this matter. Again, I think this government should do everything it can to avoid these conflicts between people’s traditional harvesting areas and where we launch our ferries. I don’t know why this government does not use the ferry approach that they have used for the last 15 years, where they used to use the same approach year after year. For some reason, the last two years they have moved the approach more towards the south side and encroaching on this individual’s campsite. Would the Minister seriously consider moving back to the original ferry launch area where it came straight down the hill right onto the ferry without having to encroach on this individual’s harvesting area? Thank you.
David Krutko on Recorded Vote
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.
Recorded Vote
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 1st, 2009
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