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1 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Public 1 NUNAVUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL TOTAL ALLOWABLE HARVEST FOR THE BATHURST CARIBOU HERD June 14, 2016 Pages 1 TO 277 HELD AT THE COMMUNITY HALL CAMBRIDGE BAY, NUNAVUT VOLUME 1 BOARD MEMBERS Daniel Shewchuk Acting Chair Simeonie Keenainak Member Charlie Inuarak Member Caleb Sangoya Member David Igutsaq Member David Kritterdlik Member 2 NUNAVUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BOARD Jason Akearok Executive Director Eric Kan Director of Administration Peter Kydd Director of Wildlife Management Erin Keenan Terrestrial Wildlife Management Biologist Eric Idlaut Communications Coordinator Sheila Oolayou IQ Coordinator Michael d'Eça Legal Counsel Evie Amagoalik Interpreter Leetia Janes Interpreter Henry Ohokannoak Interpreter Joe Otokiak Interpreter Adele Jones Stenographer GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT Drikus Gissing Director of Wildlife Lisa Marie Leclerc Kitikmeot Regional Biologist Mathieu Dumond Wildlife Manager 3 GOVERNMENT OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Lynda Yonge Director of Wildlife Jan Adamczewski Wildlife Biologist, Ungulates NUNAVUT TUNNGAVIK INCORPORATED Paul Irngaut Director of Wildlife & Environment Bert Dean Assistant Director of Wildlife & Environment KITIKMEOT REGIONAL WILDLIFE BOARD Simon Qingnaqtuq Chair Ema Qaqqutaq Regional Coordinator Eva Ayalik KUGLUKTUK HTO Kevin Klengenberg Secretary-Treasurer Larry Adjun Chair Gustin Adjun Vice-Chair Peter Taktogon Director Jorgen Bolt Director 4 BATHURST HTO Peter Kapolak Chair Mary Kaniak Elder Joseph Tikhak Elder BAY CHIMO HTO Connie Kapolak Chair Sam Kapolak Director CAMBRIDGE BAY HTO Bobby Greenley Chair George Angohiatok Vice-Chair KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION Attima Hadlari Vice-President Wildlife & Environment Paul Emingak Executive Director Geoff Clark Director of Land, Environment & Resources John Donihee Legal counsel 5 NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS ALLIANCE Shin Shiga Regulatory Analyst WEK'ÈEZHÌI RENEWABLE RESOURCES BOARD Jonas Lafferty Board Member Jody Pellissey Executive Director ADVENTURE NORTHWEST LIMITED Boyd Warner President PUBLIC Jimmy Haniliak Cambridge Bay Elder James Panioyak Cambridge Bay Elder Sam Angohiatok Elder 6 I N D E X PAGE Opening and Prayer 6 NWMB Legal Counsel - Hearing Rules 12 GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT SUBMISSION 22 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Questions and 30 Comments Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Staff Questions 31 and Comments Kitikmeot Regional Wildlife Board Questions and 35 Comments Kugluktuk HTO Questions and Comments 36 Bathurst Inlet HTO Questions and Comments 47 Bay Chimo HTO Questions and Comments 49 Cambridge Bay HTO Questions and Comments 49 Elders Questions and Comments 53 Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Questions and Comments 65 Kitikmeot Inuit Association Questions and Comments 74 North Slave Métis Alliance Questions and Comments 121 Adventure Northwest Limited Questions and Comments 125 Public Questions and Comments 136 GOVERNMENT OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES SUBMISSION 140 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Questions and 170 Comments 7 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Staff Questions and 194 Comments Kitikmeot Regional Wildlife Board Questions and 197 and Comments Bay Chimo HTO Questions and Comments 217 Cambridge Bay HTO Questions and Comments 220 Elders Questions and Comments 226 Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Questions and Comments 232 Kitikmeot Inuit Association Questions and Comments 240 Public Questions and Comments 267 KITIKMEOT REGIONAL WILDLIFE BOARD SUBMISSION 273 Stenographer's Certificate 277 8 1 (Proceeding commenced at 9:00 a.m.) 2 OPENING AND PRAYER 3 THE CHAIR: Good morning, everyone. Welcome 4 to Cambridge Bay, and I'm very happy that everybody made it 5 in safe and sound because that's not always easy at this 6 time of year, so it's nice so see everybody here. 7 My name is Dan Shewchuk. I'm Acting Chair of 8 the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board at present. 9 And in the process here, first of all, I would 10 like to call the meeting to order and have Simeonie say a 11 prayer. Thank you. 12 (PRAYER) 13 THE CHAIR: Thank you very much Simeonie. 14 I think we'll start off with introductions of 15 everyone. So I would ask we go around the table and you 16 state your name and the organization you're representing, 17 and we'll start -- we'll start right there, right in the 18 corner. 19 MR. P. KAPOLAK: Good morning, everyone. My name 20 is Peter Kapolak representing Bay Chimo and organization. 21 MS. M. KANIAK: Morning. My name is Mary Kaniak. 22 I'm traditional from the land, and I'm here to listen to 23 the delegates, their meetings. 24 MR. GREENLEY: Bobby Greenley, Cambridge Bay HTO 25 Chair. 9 1 MR. G. ANGOHIATOK: Good morning, my name is George 2 Angohiatok, Cambridge Bay HTO Vice-Chair. 3 MR. IRNGAUT: My name is Paul Irngaut, Director 4 of Wildlife and Environment, NTI. 5 MR. DEAN: My name Bert Dean, Assistant 6 Director of Wildlife and Environment, based in 7 Rankin Inlet. 8 MR. HADLARI: Good morning, Mr. Chair. My name 9 is Attima Hadlari, President For Wildlife and Environment, 10 KIA, and as well as trading off with Lance Instructor 11 (phonetic) from KIA, just for your information. 12 MR. CLARK: Good morning, Geoff Clark, 13 Director of Land, Environment, and Resources for Kitikmeot 14 Inuit Association. 15 MR. DONIHEE: My name is John Donihee. I'm 16 legal counsel to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association. 17 MR. SHIGA: Good morning. My name is 18 Shin Shiga, Regulatory Analyst for North Slave Métis 19 Alliance. 20 MR. LAFFERTY: Jonas Lafferty. I'm the 21 Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resources Board. 22 MS. PELLISSEY: Jody Pellissey, Executive Director 23 for the Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resources Board. 24 MR. WARNER: Boyd Warner, representing 25 Adventure Northwest. 10 1 MR. KEENAINAK: Good morning. Simeonie Keenainak 2 from Pangnirtung and a Board Member for Nunavut Wildlife 3 Management Board, appointed by Government of Nunavut. 4 MR. IGUTSAQ: Good morning. David Igutsaq. I'm 5 a Board Member for Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. I 6 was appointed by Kitikmeot Inuit Association. 7 MR. SANGOYA: My name is Caleb Sangoya. I feel 8 very welcome here in Ikaluktutiak. I'm from Pond Inlet and 9 was appointed by the Qikiqtalluk Inuit Association. I'm a 10 Board Member for GN. 11 MR. SHEWCHUK: Again, I'm the Acting Chair for 12 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, appointed by Department 13 of Environment. 14 MR. AKEAROK: Jason Akearok. I'm Executive 15 Director of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 16 MR. KRITTERDLIK: From Whale Cove, David 17 Kritterdlik. I was appointed by the federal government to 18 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 19 MR. INUARAK: I'm Charlie Inuarak from Pond 20 Inlet. I'm a Board Member for Nunavut Wildlife Management 21 Board. I was appointed by NTI. 22 MR. D'EÇA: My name is Michael d'Eça. I'm a 23 legal advisor for Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. I 24 live in Ottawa. 25 MR. KYDD: Good morning, everybody. I'm 11 1 Peter Kydd, the Director of Wildlife Management with the 2 Nunavut Wildlife Management Board. 3 MS. KEENAN: Good morning. I'm Erin Keenan, 4 the Terrestrial Biologist with the Nunavut Wildlife 5 Management Board. 6 MR. GISSING: Good morning. Drikus Gissing, 7 Director For Wildlife Management for Department of 8 Environment for the GN. 9 MS. LECLERC: Good morning. Lisa Leclerc, 10 Biologist for the Kitikmeot Regional Board, Government of 11 Nunavut, Department of Environment. 12 MS. OOLAYOU: Good morning. My name is Sheila 13 Oolayou. I'm the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Coordinator. 14 MR. IDLAUT: I'm Eric Idlaut, Communications 15 Coordinator. 16 MS. YONGE: Lynda Yonge. I'm Director of 17 Wildlife for the Government of North West Territories. 18 MR. ADAMCZEWSKI: Jan Adamczewski, Wildlife Director 19 for Government of Northwest Territories in Yellowknife. 20 MR. QINGNAQTUQ: Simon Qingnaqtuq from Kitikmeot 21 Wildlife Board, Chairperson. 22 MR. QAQQUTAQ: Ema Qaqqutaq. I'm the Regional 23 Coordinator for KRWB. 24 MR. KLENGENBERG: Kevin Klengenberg, Secretary 25 Treasurer from the Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers 12 1 Association. 2 MR. G. ADJUN: Good morning. Gustin Adjun, 3 Vice-Chair from Kugluktuk. 4 MR. L. ADJUN: Larry Adjun, Chairman, Kugluktuk 5 HTO. 6 MR. TAKTOGON: Peter Taktogon, Kugluktuk HTO 7 Director. 8 MR. BOLT: Jorgen Bolt, Director, Kugluktuk 9 HTO. 10 MR. S. KAPOLAK: Sam Kapolak, Director, Bathurst 11 HTO. 12 MR. KAN: Eric Kan, and I'm the director for 13 administration, also the coordinator for this public 14 hearing, so if there's anything you need, just come and 15 talk to me, and I'll help you out. 16 And I also would like to take the opportunity to 17 introduce the translators for this public hearing. You 18 will be able to use three languages, English, Inuktitut, 19 and Inuinnaqtun. For those Inuinnaqtun speakers you would 20 have to let me know so that if you want to have Inuinnaqtun 21 translation we will have to give you a special piece of the 22 transmitter because we're using two different systems. So 23 let me know if you prefer to have Inuinnaqtun translation. 24 So for the translators, for the English and 25 Inuktitut translators, we have Leetia Janes at the very far 13 1 corner. Beside her working as her colleague is Evie 2 Amagoalik. For the Inuinnaqtun translators we have Joe 3 Otokiak as well as Henry Ohokannoak. 4 And, also, because of the proceeding, we will 5 also have it recorded using an stenographer, and we have 6 the stenographer, Adele Jones, sitting in the back. So the 7 proceedings is all going to be recorded so we have a record 8 of what you have said both in audio as well as in English 9 writing. 10 Okay. Thank you. 11 THE CHAIR: Thank you very much, Eric. 12 And thank you all for that, and welcome to all 13 the observers that are in the building, too. 14 The next item on the agenda is some of the 15 housekeeping rules that we have.
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