From: Terence Aitken [terence.aitken@gmail.com]
Sent: December 5, 2008 8:09 PM
To: lpayette@nirb.ca
Cc: Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca; Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca; DShewchuk@gov.nu.ca; Alex Hall; Charles & Myrtle Truax; Bob & Muriel Estey; Mark & Edith Richardson; Sharon Aitken; Marion Aitken; Carolyn Aitken; Neil & Sue Aitken; Neil Poskitt and Denise Aitken; Malcolm & Annette Smith; Beverley Thomas" <beverley_thomas@yahoo.co.nz>, "
Subject: Uravan Garry Lake Project, NIRB file 08EN037
Dear Sir/Madam,
                         It was my good fortune this summer to fulfill a lifelong dream few Canadians have the opportunity to do, to visit the Thelon Sanctuary in NWT and Nunavut on a 10 day canoe trip. Though there were many highlights we only saw one caribou on this trip. It is my understanding that the Beverly Caribou Herd, of which this solitary animal was a part, is in serious decline and could be totally extirpated if the application from Urawan Minerals to develop their uranium property on the calving grounds of the Beverly herd south of Garry Lake is granted.
                          I urge your therefore to oppose this development,


                                                                                                          Yours truly,
                                                                                                          Terence Aitken,
                                                                                                          Adjunct Professor,
                                                                                                          Dept. of Family Medicine, UWO,
                                                                                                          Stratford, Ontario, Canada