CHAPTER XI 
THE PROTECTION OF GAME AND WILD LIFE BY 
THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT 
Ow1nc to the fact that the protection of game and wild 
life in the various provinces has been undertaken by the re- 
spective provincial governments, the Dominion Govern- 
ment, with certain exceptions that will be mentioned, has 
confined its jurisdiction to the protection of the game and 
fur-bearing animals and other wild life in the Northwest 
Territories and the Yukon Territory. The exceptions are 
the protection of migratory birds under the Migratory 
Birds Convention, and the protection of the wild life in the 
national parks. 
The Dominion legislation governing the protection of 
game and wild life comprises the Northwest Game Act, the 
Yukon Game Ordinance, the Migratory Birds Convention 
Act, and the Dominion Parks Act. The legislation is ad- 
ministered by the Minister of the Interior, and the Com- 
missioner of Dominion Parks is charged with the enforce- 
ment of the provisions of these enactments, with the excep- 
tion of the Yukon Game Ordinance, which comes under the 
jurisdiction of the Commissioner of the Yukon. 
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 
The unorganized Northwest Territories are rich in wild 
life, as we have already shown, and the fur-bearing animals 
of the north constitute at the present time the most valu- 
able natural resource that we are able to utilize in these 
vast territories. Throughout those subarctic and arctic 
regions our fur-bearing animals find an environment emi- 
nently suited to them, and to the production of furs of the 
highest grade. The fur trade of the north is not only the 
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