It is true that I am not allowed to say that. Perhaps they are listening to me in the lobby.
I have here with me the communique issued about an hour ago by all the chiefs on the east coast. I will read it in English. They say:
We the chiefs wish to state that we are no longer asking our members to stop fishing.
Tomorrow morning there will be problems. That is why I told the minister to get on a plane this evening with the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. They should go to the east coast. The chiefs have just said that the moratorium is over and that they will resume fishing tomorrow. Their communique also states:
“We are no longer asking our members to stop fishing should they wish to fish”, said Ben Sylliboy, Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq Nation, in a statement.
This was released at 7.16 p.m. Here is proof of the government's negligence and carelessness, and we are paying the price. I suggest that they take a plane this evening and sort this out.
The solution lies in negotiation, not in going back to the supreme court.