What you're asking begs the question why indigenous people still do not have access to the fishery, given that the federal government spent more than $600 million buying fishery access from non-indigenous communities and delivering it to first nations. It's at the heart of this issue, and it's not being discussed.
The issue is that the majority of that access is then leased back and rented to non-indigenous fishing corporations, effectively dispossessing first nations people of their legitimate right to fish.
As early as last month, Minister Jordan made clear that the government views the implementation of moderate livelihood rights through the communal commercial access program, the transfer of access from non-indigenous communities to indigenous communities.
I see that some indigenous fishery leaders in Nova Scotia are missing the true value of what the fishery is. It's not lobsters landed on the dock or dollars in a bank account. The true value of fishery access is to create fishing families and a lasting legacy of prosperity in Atlantic Canada's first nations.