Putting aside all the resourcing and capacity and staffing needs, we'd like to see DFO.... When it's time for them to bring our message—which is a joint, collaborative message—forward to the high-level decision-makers, and then on to the minister and the minister's staff, we'd like to know that the message being delivered is what we agreed to. Right now it's a black box for us when it goes that far. We get to a certain point and then they say, “Sit back and we'll take care of you Indians.” That's where we're struggling, and that seems to be not just with fisheries but with a lot of programs throughout the government.
On January 30th, 2024. See this statement in context.