We have included specific wording for proposed section 2.5, that climate change impacts be included as a ministerial decision-making consideration. Our written brief seeks a commitment from the Government of Canada to incorporate that, which might actually require some consultation to identify the various sections where climate change considerations need to be included. However, we also seek a commitment that through the modernization of the legislation, there is follow-through to modernization of fisheries management policy, because that is where we're most affected on the ground. As written within Bill C-68, in the existing Fisheries Act and the previous Fisheries Act it's not obvious that the burden of proof for traditional use and access would be required for indigenous fisheries. However, our experience with the front-line policy is different from what you might expect, considering the definition in the act.
On May 2nd, 2018. See this statement in context.