Mr. Speaker, first, I want to offer sympathy to the farmers who are being affected by the current situation. I wish this was not happening. I wish that the Liberal government had come to the table with meaningful reconciliation with the Wet'suwet'en people so that we were not in this place. I wish that the government had sat down and had proper dialogue.
I think about my riding. The member talked about the socio-economic impacts of what is happening to the farmers. I think about the Nuu-chah-nulth people who have been in court. The government spent $19 million on government lawyers fighting them for the right we know they have, the right they won in the Supreme Court of Canada, which the government appealed, not only once but twice. Their hands are up in the air, too.
The member for Sydney—Victoria talked about respect, which they call iisaak. They came and operated in this function of our government through our laws, yet they continually face a government that is fighting them in court just so they can catch and sell the fish running by their villages.
This is the problem. When we do not invest in meaningful reconciliation, what is the cost? I know what the cost is to the Nuu-chah-nulth people. It is suicide, unemployment rates and poverty. That is the cost. We have to fix this.
We have to move forward together. We need meaningful reconciliation.