Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Minister of Environment and Natural Resources.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We do have a program. I did provide that information here on the floor, to the Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. We do have a process, and we work with the trappers. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Could the Minister of ENR be more realistic, with a proper compensation package for the harvesters affected?

We are being realistic. We have looked at it. We have actually looked at how we can actually see the funds. We have actually increased it, but it's only this year that we are dealing with it. Yes, we are being realistic on it. Are we going to be able to provide them the whole cost? No. That is unrealistic in this time of need.

Thinking outside of the box of policy for harvesters is vital. Would the Minister start thinking outside the box?

That is an interesting question, thinking outside the box. We do think outside the box all the time. That is what ENR is about. It's working with our Indigenous people, our co-management, and it's about using local and traditional knowledge as we deal with it, so sometimes we do what we can do outside of what our policies are to help the people of the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Yellowknife North.