Thank you. I know I’ve asked questions in the House at one time or another about the need to invest more into our traditional economy and into our harvesters throughout the Northwest Territories, especially up in some of the regions where we did have some development going on and possibly some work that has been going on in terms of having some of the animals migrate in different routes than they used to. In some cases our hunters and trappers have to travel further now to get either fur or to get the animals that they’re hunting. That needs to be addressed.
We do forced growth in a lot of programs and services. I’m not sure this one has seen any increase in that area. I’m just wondering if the Minister has taken that into consideration, considering that our harvesters are travelling a lot more, which means a lot more food and a lot more money for gas. In some cases, chatting with some of the guys back home, they say it costs a lot of money to go out on a day or two hunt, and if you get skunked and get nothing, that’s money that’s lost. Whether or not that’s taken into consideration, and if we can start to see some increases in this area considering that other areas of our economy are not even active the way they used to be in terms of they used to employ some of these local residents. Thank you, Mr. Chair.