Question is being called.

---Carried

Clause 26 as amended.

---Clause 26 as amended approved

Thank you. Clauses 27 to 47.

---Clause 27 to 47 inclusive approved

Thank you. Clause 48. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to move another motion. I move that Bill 3 be amended by

(a) renumbering clause 48 as subclause 48(2);

and

(b) adding the following immediately preceding

subclause 48(2):

48.(1) Unless exempted by the regulations, a person shall not hunt or otherwise harvest wildlife until he or she has successfully completed an approved harvester training course.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, this has been an issue that has been raised quite extensively. There are a couple of components to it. One is safety and the other is conservation. As we know from our situation with caribou, we’re faced with the need to stipulate male or female caribou when harvesters are out, be they Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal, so everybody needs that. So this has conservation implications as well as safety implications. It goes, obviously, well beyond the normal course of things dealt with in land claims.

I guess my question would be: Why do we need an exemption in the regulations here when, obviously, everybody should have an approved harvester training course or the equivalent. I like the idea of mentoring, for example. That’s a typical approach within Aboriginal cultures that I very much respect, and in some other cultures. So why do we need to have exemptions here? Thank you.

Thank you. To the motion. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Ms. Chair. We will be supporting the motion. There are two areas that are affected by this. Should an individual have training in another area that’s recognized, then they would be exempted, plus there’s an Aboriginal right to hunt and to harvest. You can’t put any conditions on that. It’s clear. People will agree to it. We will work out how we… Everybody wants to have safe hunting practices within law. You cannot constrain that right that is guaranteed in the Constitution. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. To the motion.

Question is being called.

---Carried

Clause 48 as amended.

---Clause 48 as amended approved

Agreed, thank you. Committee, in light of that motion to amend being carried, we now have a consequential amendment to make to clause 26.1. Do we have unanimous consent to return to clause 26.1?

---Unanimous consent granted

Let us briefly return to clause 26. Clause 26.1. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Question is being called.

---Carried

Clause 26.1 as amended.

---Clause 26.1 as amended approved

Agreed. Thank you. Now we will go to clauses 49 to 61. Any questions? Comments?

---Clause 49 to 61 inclusive approved

Clause 62. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I wish to move a motion again. I move that Bill 3 be amended by adding the following after clause 62:

Harvesting Restriction

62.1. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, no person who has been on an aircraft while it was in flight shall harvest prescribed wildlife within a prescribed time period after the termination of the flight.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of

a regularly scheduled flight operated by a

commercial airline company from one airport to another.

Thank you, Madam Chair.