Mr. Speaker, this point of order concerns Question No. 51 which was asked on December 1, 1997 and the aboriginal commercial fishing in British Columbia.
I have been led to believe that an answer to the question has been provided, but the minister was not happy with the reply and sent it back to his officials.
I can understand why the minister is reluctant to respond to the question. He has been constantly misinterpreting to the public the response of the Provincial Court of British Columbia on this issue and ignoring the Supreme Court of Canada. He is again reluctant to answer this very important question.
We need an answer to the question. We want it now. We are getting stonewalled on it time after time.