Each of the diamond mines was reviewed and I’ve given approval. The issue of cumulative impact is one that has come more and more into the forefront as we look at resource development. What we’re dealing with, with the band, is a short-term period of three to four months that will get us through the hunting season and allow the longer-term process for a harvest management plan to be put into effect. It’s during that longer-term process that the work done to look at what the effects are, what are the variables that are driving the caribou numbers down have to be taken into consideration so that we can make the best decisions possible. If out of that process comes the issue of requirement for review of the cumulative impact, then we’ll be responding to those recommendations as they come forward.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 233-16(4): Caribou Management Measures
In the Legislative Assembly on February 2nd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 233-16(4): Caribou Management Measures
Oral Questions
February 1st, 2010
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