Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Hunters have a saying that tracks make for thin

soup, and that is exactly what the Minister has provided to the hunters. Pretty thin soup here. I have to say it’s interesting that this government is willing to bend over backwards to help one group of people and do nothing but create barriers for another group. Just a comment there.

I’d like to talk about the Yellowknives Dene First Nations work with the department. They’ve been trying to work cooperatively with the department and had an agreement with the department for three years running, and all of a sudden the department has gone unilaterally off on their own. I know there are dollars in the budget here to work with these people. Why has the Minister decided to go off unilaterally issuing tags for Yellowknives Dene First Nations people but to people who are not actually members of this First Nation and without their agreement?