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6 Tuesday September 22 2015 ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION The NWT Seniors Society advocates for the rights and quality of life for senior citizens across the NWT. We want to be assured that the political candidates in this election have issues that affect seniors as their priorities. We would like you the voter to keep that in mind too. The candidates answers to the questions will be posted in the newspaper in early October. Lets make sure our seniors are assured of a good life Bob Stewart Libertarian Dennis Bevington NDPFloyd Roland Conservative John Moore GreenMichael Mcleod Liberal Here are four questions we are asking all the Federal MP candidates 1. Will you advocate for national strategies for housing poverty food security and seniors If so what measures do you consider most important to include in these strategies 2. Do you support an enhanced federal Northern Residents Deduction for seniors based on cost of living Why or why not 3. What actions will you take to reduce living costs throughout the NWT 4. The federal government introduced the Social Finance Accelerator Initiative which provides for private investment in community organizations that address persistent social problems. Do you agree with this approach to addressing social problems Why or why not Continued from page 1. The new conservation plan would lead to more land being identied for development as thegovernmentestablisheslanduseagreements with First Nations according to the minister. Were saying our priority has to be work- ing with First Nations to resolve outstanding land claims in the North Miltenberger said. Its an issue of certainty. We have 144000 sq-km of land tied up has been for the last 27 years in unsettled land claims. As we move forward as a territory the 18th As- sembly especially as the rst government post-devolution were identifying the need to work with the Aboriginal governments to in fact settle the land claims and have that frozen land released so its clear what lands the Aboriginal government owns and what lands revert to crown land. He said the government wants develop- ment to occur in a careful sustainable way. Hoefer wishes the plan had been revealed in a more careful sustainable way. He said draft or not including a target like 40 per cent in such a plan creates doubt in the already wary minds of investors and that concern is measured each year in the Fra- ser Institutes Survey of Mining Companies. The NWT always shows up as very attrac- tive geologically but drops way down because of all the uncertainty he said. There are people watching always. In 2013 the NWT got high marks for min- eral potential with 74 per cent of companies saying that factor was enticing or at least not a deterrent to investing on par with other jurisdictions with resource-centric econo- mies like Alaska Nevada Nunavut and the Yukon. When it came to uncertainty over what lands would be protected as parks or archeological sites 59 per cent of companies considered the situation in the NWT to be a mild or strong deterrent to investment. Un- disputed land claims rated as not a deter- rent to investment in the NWT for 40 per cent of respondents while 45 per cent said it was a mild or strong deterrent 25 and 20 per cent respectively. Where do you put the money in your RRSPs Hoefer asked rhetorically. Where there is a low risk and a good return. Nobody is going to put money into that 20 per cent where there is protection. He said there is already a regulatory frame- work protecting the land from wayward or irresponsible development including the en- vironmental assessment EA process which the Dominion Diamond Corp.s Jay pipe ex- pansionatEkatimineisworkingthroughnow. This calls into question the validity of the governments environmental assessment processes Hoefer said. There are all kinds of regulations that industry has to follow in order to protect the environment. So these kinds of protections in the draft plan say we just want to take this land right out of circulation and I dont think we can afford it particularly if we are in a post-devolu- tion world where we are pursuing increased self-reliance. Norman Wells Tulita Dlne Jean Marie RiverNahanni Butte Gamt What Fort Providence Behchok Wrigley Trout Lake Fort Resolution utselke Colville Lake Fort Good Hope Sachs Harbour Ulukhaktok Paulatuk Tuktoyaktuk Inuvik Tsiigehtchic Hay River Enterprise Fort Liard Fort McPherson Aklavik Kakisa Wekwet Yellowknife Detah Ndilo Fort Simpson Aulavik National Park Banks Island No. 1 Migratory Bird Sanctuary Banks Island No. 2 Migratory Bird Sanctuary Tuktut Nogait National Park Anderson River Delta Migratory Bird Sanctuary ehdacho Saoy Tsude niline Tueyeta Gwichin Settlement Area Sahtu Settlement Area Great Bear Lake Ezdzt Wekezhi Resource Management Area Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary Thaidene Nene Proposal Hidden Lake Territorial Park Wood Buffalo National Park Eji T Ndde Buffalo Lake River and Trails Sambaa Ke Kaagee Tu Edhzhe ue T Sli Nahanni National Park Reerve Ntsihchoh National Park Reserve British Columbia. Yukon South Slave Area Dehcho Area Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Nunavut Inuvialuit Settlement Region Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary Pingo Canadian Landmark Gwichin Territorial Park Great Slave Lake Kelly Lake Doi TohCanol Heritage Trail Fort Smith Ding Wekhod 13000W14000W15000W 12000W 12000W 11000W 11000W 10000W 10000W 9000W 6000N 6000N 6500N 6500N 7000N 7000N 7500N 0 200 400100 km Established and Proposed Protection TerritorialProvincial Boundary Draft Dehcho Land Use Plan Boundary Settled Land Claim Boundary Conservation Areas in Land Use Plans Conservation Areas in Approved Land Use Plans Proposed Conservation Initiative in Sahtu Land Use Plan Dehcho interim draft conservation zones Surface and subsurface interim land withdrawal Hay River Reserve and Salt River First Nation Reserve Map created July 24 2015 Established Protection Proposed Protection Reserves Lands Withdrawn to Facilitate Land Claim Negotiation Surface only interim land withdrawal Subsurface only interim land withdrawal s Thaidene Nene interim and indeterminate land withdrawals Thaidene Nene Exclusion Area Thaidene Nene Caribou Area Conservation and Interim Land Withdrawals in the Northwest Territories A GNWT map illustrates protected lands in two shades of green. IllustrationcourtesyofGNWT Regulations already protect land says mines chamber opposing new conservation plan