Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
He and I have already talked about the situation in both his riding and mine. I commend him for his courage in speaking out for the communities that he represents, despite his government's inaction to date.
Earlier, I said that the government has not bothered to clearly define livelihood fishing and so the communities have come up with their own definition. I know that my colleague has a background in law.
I would like to know whether, from what he understands, he believes that it is legitimate for the communities to legislate on the issue under the law and the Marshall decision since the government has failed to clearly define the rules.