Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is in deep water over his west coast revitalization plan. Why will he not come clean over the issue of allocation?
He knows if land claims go the way of the Nisga'a deal, then 50 per cent of the fish catch will go to native only fisheries. Will the minister admit that the real reason for his buy back plan, which will destroy the lives of thousands of fishermen, is not to reduce the number of fish caught, but to transfer the rights to catch fish from one group of fishermen to another?