Mr. Speaker, when the east coast fishery collapsed the government treated it as a national issue, and rightly so. When the west coast salmon fishery is threatened the government dismisses it as a regional problem.
If the supreme court renders a decision prejudicial to Quebec it is treated as a national unity issue. When the supreme court renders a decision prejudicial to B.C. like the Delgamuukw case it is ignored.
British Columbia is on the way to becoming the second largest province in the country. How long will it be until British Columbia issues are treated as national issues?