Mr. Speaker, I rise to seek unanimous consent for the following motion:
That the House, (a) affirm the treaty and inherent rights of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet people affirmed in the 1752 treaty and the subsequent treaties of 1760 and 1761, confirmed in the Canadian Constitution and in the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the 1999 Marshall case; (b) recognize the Mi'kmaq Nation deserves full and equal protection by the law from the violence and intimidation of domestic tourism; and (c) recognize the failure of the federal government to respect its nation-to-nation relationship to negotiate with the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet people to accommodate the moderate livelihood fishery that has led to the crisis we are facing today.