Mr. Speaker, that is small comfort to the Nova Scotia lobster fishermen.
Uncertainty directly related to the Nisga'a treaty is hurting the economy of northwestern British Columbia. Concerns from loggers and fishermen were ignored. We now see the same lack of investor confidence resulting from the handling of treaty issues on the east coast, where a large Yarmouth based lobster buyer cannot obtain operating funds for this year because of uncertainty over the Marshall decision.
Why is the government proceeding with a policy that is destroying investor confidence and killing jobs in the fisheries on both coasts?