The barren-ground caribou outfitters pumped millions and millions of dollars into the economy over the years here in the Northwest Territories. It would be an absolute shame to see that industry disappear with the caribou. The numbers are encouraging. The numbers are coming back. I hope and pray that those numbers do continue to trend upward. Those businesses need to be there when those numbers come back so that we can continue to inject the millions of dollars into our economy here in the Northwest Territories. I’d like to ask the Minister again if it is the intent of the government to provide any help and programming to the current outfitters that would see them bridge the gap between right now, where they don’t have tags, and sometime in the future when tags will become available once again.
David Ramsay on Question 347-16(5): Caribou Outfitter Supports
In the Legislative Assembly on November 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 347-16(5): Caribou Outfitter Supports
Oral Questions (Reversion)
November 3rd, 2010
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