Mr. Speaker, the problem is about to get bigger. Some native leaders now claim that the Marshall decision gives them the right to harvest timber without a licence. Others claim that they now have mineral rights. If the minister does not think that is true, he just has to look at what has been going on in British Columbia all summer.
I expect the minister may wish that this problem would go away. He only has two days left. I would urge him to petition the court. Why will not the government ask the supreme court to stay the ruling, not overturn it, ask for clarification of its meaning, tell all fishermen that their livelihoods will be protected and establish a fisheries policy that has equality as its cornerstone?