-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> And without passing through a federally inspected abattoir, wild
 JW> meat cannot be legally exported outside the NWT, even within
 JW> Canada, thereby stifling what could be a profitable little industry
 JW> for Natives wanting to maintain a more traditional lifestyle.

 SH> The solution to that is to build an abbatoir.

That's not easy to do. The Feds say there isn't enough volume to warrant
one.

 JW> It's readily available here albeit on a vary informal chain of
 JW> supply and subject to the points made above.

 SH> I remember getting caribou in Dettah one year and we pick up moose
 SH> meat or sheep from neighbours but there is no commercial traffic.

I get all the fish, geese and caribou I can eat from my step son and a
brother in law both of whom hunt a lot. My son in law's folks (they're
from the Mackenzie delta) supply whale and sealmeat; I buy char cheaply
from a bush pilot who makes regular runs to Bathurst Inlet.

 SH> in the case of the NWT, I did find the price of single malt
 SH> scotches comparable to ours so I picked up a bottle of Laphroaig. 

Our taxes are based on the alcohol content not as a markup on the base
price. So the taxes are the same on a cheap brand as a premium brand.




Cheers,

Jim



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