Mr. Speaker, giving away the ranch is exactly what the government is doing in the treaty process.
The Nisga'a treaty assigns access to natural resources on the basis of race. It pits one group of Canadians against another, native against non-native, even native against native. The Gitanyow and the Gitksan have said that they view the Nisga'a treaty as an act of aggression. Guns have been brandished, there have been threats of violence and warfare. Why is the government proceeding with a treaty process that pits one group of Canadians against another?