Fair enough. Certainly with the impact of the ice roads and roads that go to the mines, they have up to 12,000 loads per year. If you do the calculations that are six minutes apart going right through prime caribou land. You have three megaprojects such as the diamond mines where there’s development and work that they’re doing there to extract the diamonds out for their own purposes. Then you have the hunting issues with 11 outfitters that have the commercial hunt there. Just on hunting itself being open to other residents around the North Slave region, that’s quite an impact on the herd. Then you also claim that 7,000 to 10,000 heads per year if we allow it to happen.

I’m trying to think now in terms of the issue of aboriginal people. I don’t know if they take 7,000 to 10,000 caribou a year. I’m not sure that’s something that I can accept right now. I think the major impacts that haven’t been talked about are the roads and mining development and the outfitters. However, it’s really hard for me to look at this for bringing this down heavy on the aboriginal people. It’s their way of life. It’s not their livelihood. They don’t have caribou to sell it for commercial purposes. It’s their way of life. I’m having a hard time accepting the rationale for this issue here. Has the Minister worked out with the Yellowknives Dene or come to some type of agreement as he’s talked about in the House a couple days ago to work closely with them to see how to resolve this issue?