Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to talk about caribou briefly. I know there’s a lot of concern from the Minister and certainly from biologists about the loss of cows, particularly from depleted herds through hunting. Again, as the Minister knows, we’ve had years and years of restrictions for non-Aboriginal hunters to bulls only. I suppose hundreds or thousands of animals were taken and I’m not aware of any charges for shooting cows. Yet the department is still letting

cows be taken even from dangerously reduced populations like the Bathurst herd. Biologists will tell you that cows are the most important component of caribou herds in terms of their recovery. They’re the ones that bear the calves and raise the calves and any pressure on them whatsoever is a significant reduction in the recovery capacity of the herd. Will the Minister commit to stopping harvest of cows and allow these herds to recover? Thank you.