ITC Calls on Northern Affairs Minister to Overrule NWT Game Ordinance & Regulations

Citing Federal legislation providing that Inuit hunting for food are not subject to territorial game restrictions ITC called upon the Minister of Northern Affairs to exercise federal authority and disallow NWT Game Ordinance and regulations giving the GNWT Superintendent of Wildlife authority to ban Inuit caribou hunting in any area of the NWT for any part of the year.

The game regulations prohibited all caribou hunting in the areas used by the Kaminuraik, Southampton Island, and South Baffin herds, during the period July 1 – 15 with the intention of extending restrictions on Inuit hunting in future years.