Bill Matthews at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 8th, 2007 / 11:15 a.m.

Liberal

Bill Matthews Liberal Random—Burin—St. George's, NL

I won't take much time, Mr. Chairman.

I want to thank our witness for coming.

Mr. Sprout, I guess it's pretty evident that the department and the government had no choice but to allocate to the Heiltsuk Nation. Is that the interpretation you had, to engage and allocate some of those resources to them?

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