The changes I've seen are consistent with the previous government's approach to minimizing anything to do with aboriginal rights and title. They used the majority government that they had to push through their perspective and vision for Canada, and it really did not reflect the honour of the crown, which was directed to them by the Supreme Court of Canada.
When I think of the changes that were made here, they are inconsistent with the Supreme Court of Canada. When they changed or added “for sale, trade or barter” to the commercial definition found in the new Fisheries Act, that's entirely inconsistent with the Gladstone case of 1996, the Ahousaht Indian Band case of 2011, and the Van der Peet case of 1996, which clearly articulated for the government that first nations have always enjoyed a barter system with our foods that we have to trade. There are grease trails that our people have participated in, and so on.
In my opening remarks I spoke about the need and the reliance of our people upon traditional foods. When the government decided to take a different view and tried to redefine it, and move it away from a place where it could actually be protected by some legislation, that really hit a nerve with first nations people.
Our primary concern has always been the health and abundance of wild salmon in British Columbia, as well as halibut, cod, and everything else. When we start tinkering with something that is so profoundly important to our peoples, we will take issue. We will take a stand, and we will not be moved from that position.