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petition was entered as Exhibit P-75. The Defendant’s servants in drafting this response provided
the following information to the public and to Parliament:
This harvest level accounted for only 4% of the territory’s estimated
AAC. A recent harvest level of 354,000 m3 (1994-95) represents
only 10.5% of the estimated AAC limit. Most other jurisdictions in
Canada harvest well over 50% of their AAC limits.
The estimated 1.8 million m3 AAC for the southeast Yukon is based
on a comprehensive timber inventory of three southeast forest
management units (Units Y01, LaBiche; Y02, Coal; and Y03, Liard).
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[1017] Mr. Monty’s testimony was also consistent with the view that the Defendant was concerned
that the inventory was too high. When cross-examined about the purpose behind the preliminary
TSA, Mr. Monty stated the following, at page 3319 of the transcript:
Q. And as best you can remember today, recognizing this is a long
time ago, and I'm not trying to embarrass you in any way, just tell
us what it was that you can recall Mr. Henry's mandate to have
been at that time, which gave rise to the preparation of this
material
A. The mandate was to basically determine a sustainable harvest
cut level in YO2, YO3, and using appropriate modern techniques
and appropriate -- most current information.
Q. Now, sir, let's just step back for a minute. Through to the time
that he was given that mandate, and I'm not going to review all of
the history of what we've reviewed so far, given the nature of
Minister Irwin's letter, was there reason that you had for looking to
lower the number or raise the number
A. No, My Lady, the reason was to ensure good stewardship.
[1018] The Sterling Wood Report had provided an inventory of the sustainable yield of timber. It
was rejected. The reliability or accuracy of that inventory, as discussed above, was in question. In
Mr. Monty’s evidence the preliminary TSA was necessary to “ensure good stewardship”. I find,