Thank you, Mr. Chair. Also part of the process for opening up a restricted harvest of one animal, the consultation process we undertook with the communities that use the herds to the east and also with the board, the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Board, has also recently made a decision that they would also give recommendations on the Ahiak herd as well. We did the consultation and that process allowed us to land on one animal at this point and to closely monitor, to work with the communities and monitor, not just harvest but monitor the state of the herd, and going forward, if we see further recovery, we want to, of course, continue to work with them and the residents and explore options, if it’s determined that it’s not going to impact the sustainability of the herd, that we would look at that. But that was the process that came out of not just the experts in ENR. It wasn’t a unified or a decision just from our department. It was a consultation process, as well, and that was what we heard. Even opening up was a tough call, to open up beyond the Aboriginal subsistence harvest. We have some work going forward, again, based on some of the process that I identified.
Mr. Campbell on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 3rd, 2014
Campbell
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