Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for his words and for his service to our country in uniform. There is nothing braver than serving our country in uniform, and I thank him for that.
The comments and question I have are linked to what the minister was talking about in his speech. He referenced the issues that first nations communities are having in their jurisdictions, and I think we all need to continue to hear about those issues. One way to improve the conditions in these first nations communities is with economic opportunities and prosperity. That is one way which Coastal GasLink was going to do for the 20 first nations communities that signed on to this project. It was going to provide their members jobs, opportunity and hope, which is a good thing and what we want.
The minister talked a lot about the group that is against the project, but what he did not mention was the 85% plus who voted in favour of the project, such as the elected chief, the elected council and the hereditary chiefs who all supported this project.
Given that a number of these protestors have no connection to the community at all, and some do not even live in this country but have joined this fight for what they think is the end to oil and gas development in our country, when is the minister going to have these illegal blockades removed and get our economy back on track?