Mr. Speaker, the Nisga'a treaty assigns 25% of the salmon in the Nass River to the Nisga'a.
Given that there are four other bands that have claims to that fishery, virtually all Nass River salmon will be transferred to aboriginals under treaty.
If this government, the NDP and the Conservatives are willing to assign virtually 100% of Nass River fish to natives, why should non-native east coast lobster fishermen trust the government to keep a place for them in the fishery?