Madam Speaker, the government failed to obtain the court's objectives in the Marshall ruling. It had no management plan in place in the event of a decision in favour of this treaty right and it has made no attempt either in its presentation to the court or since to balance the interests of other Canadians in the face of the treaty right granted by the court.
The minister has suggested in his speech and elsewhere that he will apply this treaty right as a communal right. He has said that the communal right will be exercised by individuals for the benefit of all. I would like to know how he will be able to determine a moderate living if he is going to apply this as a communal right. If we consider a moderate living for all of the Mi'kmaq, if that is his objective, it is obvious that there will be nothing left for anybody else.
I would like the minister, very clearly, to answer the question of how a moderate living could be determined if the treaty right is applied as a communal right.