Mr. Speaker, the minister is continuing to perpetuate myths which do not stand up to scrutiny in the agreement.
Recently in the House the minister said there was no constitutionally protected commercial fishery in the Nisga'a deal. This same claim was made in some B.C. government ads which led to complaints. This resulted in the provincial aboriginal affairs minister's withdrawing the ads because they were inaccurate and misleading.
Will the minister follow the lead of his provincial counterpart and do the honourable thing by rescinding and withdrawing his earlier misleading statement?