I think one prominent point that I fail to hear from the Minister is the measurable gauge that every country in the world has been using and that’s the emissions of greenhouse gases and I didn’t hear that from the Minister.
I would like to thank the Minister for highlighting the major initiatives that this government has taken. I think we all, in the NWT, really enjoy the beauty of the NWT. We have very nice cultural areas, but at the same time very prominent are some of the special areas that we value. There are calving grounds and, more recently, the encroachment of invasive species that people bring up from other parts of the country. Minerals, oil and gas development threaten a number of sensitive ecological areas.
Will the Minister articulate the government’s position on protecting delicate ecosystems, such as the Peel Watershed at the Yukon-NWT border? Mahsi.