JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 19:10 on 04 Sep 2004:

 JW> No, unfortunately. Everything is hand butchered by the hunter, so
 JW> quality varies.

My recollection is that we have one abbatoir which does slaughter some
country food but the meat otherwise comes in from the south.

 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.

The solution to that is to build an abbatoir.

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

I remember getting caribou in Dettah one year and we pick up moose meat or
sheep from neighbours but there is no commercial traffic.  Why pay for meat
which may be of questionable quality.

 JW> I am prepared to pay L'heritage prices as the quality is there.

Good point. 

 JW> Ah, that's another matter. The NWT and Nunavut have the highest
 JW> "sin" taxes in Canada. I always stock up on both alcohol and
 JW> tobacco when in Alberta.

I never thought of Nunavut as having high "sin" taxes as all I've
ever had there is drinks in the Frobe or another hotel or in the Legion and
I didn't stay around long enough to find out how the permit system worked. 
But to pay high "sin" taxes and not even have access to a liquor
store is too much.:-(

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

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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