Mr. Speaker, I did not know that the member for Sydney—Victoria went to Dalhousie law school. I am very proud to have gone there and to be a graduate.
It is interesting that Donald Marshall himself, a victim of a miscarriage of our justice system, was failed by lawyers, judges and the attorney general at the time in Nova Scotia, all of them Dalhousie law graduates. I know the member knows that. It is why we study not only the Marshall wrongful conviction but the two Marshall decisions related afterwards.
Donald Marshall was caught fishing eels, doing so for a moderate livelihood. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The first decision of the Supreme Court was with respect to the aboriginal right, a constitutional treaty in origin. It said we must respect that; it is important. The second decision said that the government can regulate for conservation and for regulatory structure. That is why for five years the government could have been finding a solution that would have respected our Constitution, would have respected the indigenous right, would have respected the local community and impact on the long-term viability on the fishery, and would have respected the legacy of Donald Marshall, which all Atlantic Canadians and all Dalhousie law graduates certainly know and remember.