Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Quite frankly, I am in no way, shape or form negating all the hard work that’s been done by this department with respect to the Wildlife Act. I respect the unique approach that they’ve taken with respect to involving the Aboriginal governments. In fact, I applaud it. I think it’s exactly the right thing to do. I am also not getting specifically into detail of the act. We can do that at another time. I’m talking about consultation process. I’m talking about listening to the people of Northwest Territories. I’m talking about hearing what they have to say and assuring them that we are hearing them and not saying things like we don’t plan to make any substantive changes, we’re only making editorial changes. That’s what I’m talking about.
This government doesn’t have a great record of consultation. Information sessions, on the other hand, we’re really good at. Unfortunately, we call much of our information sessions “consultations.” We do have a problem there. What I’m talking about is this process and how do we ensure confidence that people can feel that they have been heard. I’m telling you that they don’t feel that they’ve been heard. That’s what I’m talking about. How can the Minister assure people that they’ve been heard, that their input has been taken seriously, and that this act will represent 24,000 people in the Northwest Territories? Sorry, 44,000 people in the Northwest Territories. All the residents, not just half.