I am very glad however, that at the regional level, collaborations with First Nations communities and the Hunting and Fishing Associations, are aimed at managing wildlife populations and that provincial quota policy is adapted yearly to these preoccupations. It isn’t perfect as a system but it does demonstrate a preoccupation with wildlife diversity and territorial sustainability as well as integrating traditional subsistence lifestyle preoccupations and`modern` outdoor sporting activities.

This remote region constantly explains away community service paralysis due to budget cuts, conveniently forgetting that those same service providers were originally run by volunteers with whatever funds they had raised before government intervention sucked away community initiative.

In an effort to create jobs in the past, government has looked to the non-profit sector and found many areas to replace volunteers with subsidized employees. Since what goes up eventually goes down, there are no longer any funds for these artificially created positions.

Today’s challenge is encouraging the larger community to involve itself again in the funding and provision of the services that make for a vibrant, healthy community. Revitalising the community, what a grand adventure !