Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister of ENR.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We have an interdepartmental working group that is looking at this and is trying to address this issue right now, presently. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess, kind of, moving on and in a similar vein, we do have a reindeer herd, which is not wildlife, although it is the responsibility of ENR. Along the same vein, I question why I do not see reindeer on more and more menus, why I cannot buy it in the grocery store. Can I get a sense from the department of what is going on with our reindeer herd and whether we can tap into that as a food source?

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister of ENR.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just for clarification, that is actually a privately owned herd. It's not a Government of the Northwest Territories managed herd. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I do recognize that it is a privately owned herd, so I guess I will just accept that as an answer and reach out to Mr. Binder at some point. Madam Chair, I guess my next question is: presently, we have a fairly large no-bison zone due to a number of disease controls. I have actually had constituents reach out on the possibility of looking into bison farming. They also looked into reindeer herding as the possibility of getting some of those things, and right now, the regulatory process just essentially makes that impossible, is what my constituents have told me.

This is one of the issues; every time we ask questions of food security, I don't exactly know who to ask them to. When I ask questions about animal health, if it's not wildlife, it kind of falls to MACA, which does not make any sense. Sometimes it falls to ITI. Once again, we have that interdepartmental working group. Would the Minister be willing to have a conversation about the feasibility of regional centres, including my constituents in Yellowknife North, about how they could even go about possibly having a bison farm or a reindeer farm?

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife North. Minister of ENR.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, we can have that conversation. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Are there any further questions to the section, wildlife and fish, under Environmental and Natural Resources? Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I just see the title, wildlife and fish, and I am just curious at what section the fish are actually in here. I see lots of fur-bearing type headings. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister of ENR.

Well, thank you, Madam Chair. The fish are in the water. To get more of a clarification, I will turn to the deputy minister, with your permission. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Okay, now I know where the fish are. You said that it deals with sport fishing. In Hay River, I know that we have the pickerel runs, and our concern is that we get people from the South come down and the quantity they take is, usually, probably beyond what their allowed limit is. Was I correct in hearing that you said that your department will monitor, I guess, that portion of it, policing the recreational? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister of ENR.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We enforce it, and we send officers when we hear concerns to that location. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Is there a budget item or a budget amount for the policing? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister of ENR.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We'll have to get back to the Member to tell you exactly where it is. Thank you, Madam Chair.