Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Delta for his question.
The member will know I had the great privilege and honour to be in the province of British Columbia within the last two weeks. I met with many groups while in British Columbia. With each and every group I talked to, including during an address to the Pacific Trollers Association, we had a discussion of the aboriginal fisheries strategy.
Certainly consultation is not being done, to quote the member, "in splendid isolation". May I say that I would welcome input from the member either on the floor of the House, in committee, or privately on this important subject.
The government will be seized of the matter within the next number of weeks. We will conduct the review as is appropriate. We will be glad to report our findings to the country as a whole through the auspices of the House of Commons in the appropriate way and time.