I would like to see that the mandate for the negotiation be taken from the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and given to Carolyn Bennett under CIRNAC, because she has the portfolio to work on rights and this is a rights-based issue. It's not about commercial access, as this minister's mandate is.
She doesn't understand. I've heard her speak. She clearly does not understand . For her to call the fishery an illegal fishery.... As minister of the department, she should understand that stuff. Clearly there needs to be some education within the ranks of the government. That's what I would say.
This is the first thing that has to happen. The mandate needs to be moved to a different department.