The economic impact on the community has been, in a few cases, huge in terms of employment. There are bands like the Elsipogtog in New Brunswick where they have almost 80 fishing boats fishing in the crab and lobster fisheries and 300 people earning more than moderate livelihoods as active fishermen.
There are other communities where, for one reason or another, those kinds of employment opportunities and engagement as harvesters on the water haven't taken place. I think Sipekne'katik is one instance but several other first nations in Nova Scotia have followed different paths in pursuing their objectives.
I hesitate to pass judgment on the choices made by any particular first nation, but I think it is wise at this stage for people in your position and my position to stand back and wait for clear and constructive leadership to develop directions to emerge across the collectivity of first nations in Nova Scotia and in the Maritimes. I think—