Fisheries committee  Absolutely. It's the same here. If our nations in New Brunswick prosper, everyone else feels that, Miramichi especially.

Fisheries committee  You have three first nations on the river here. Miramichi would feel it if we all decided to take our resources to Moncton or to Eel River Bar or Dalhousie. To be truthful, we understand how the smaller fishermen who are struggling to survive feel. We would think they would und

Fisheries committee  One thing I want to mention before you cut us off is we've been talking about food diversification as well as commercial diversification, and we've been having a hell of a struggle to try to get any lobster through to our community. I got a letter, which I included in the pack. I

Fisheries committee  We haven't been able to get tags for that.

Fisheries committee  We have resisted the Jones overtures that would require non-assertion of our treaty rights. That's a no-go zone.

Fisheries committee  We had actually met with Nova Scotia first nations and with P.E.I. and Newfoundland. The invite was sent out to all and we had met in Membertou, probably about a year and a half ago. I guess the plan was to—

Fisheries committee  Yes, the plan was to continue to do that and begin a dialogue on a number of issues. The talk about fishery would be a perfect opportunity to do that. When the Jones agreements first came out, they were touted as nation-to-nation agreements. We had high hopes that this would happ

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  It's absolutely essential. We look at the TRC calls to action. That in itself isn't happening fast enough here in New Brunswick. We have a provincial government that's kind of half-heartedly approaching that. That needs to be embraced. We're in a situation where we have to look

Fisheries committee  I would begin by following the rule of law. You have conservation. Then you have first nation access, and then you have other user groups. That has not been the case. That has been ignored. As I said earlier, fortunes have been made from resources that our ancestors freely shared

Fisheries committee  Yes, I guess what I was referring to indirectly was that you have the huge, huge companies. You have Clearwater, which is really remarkable. Now the Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq have a stake in that and their communities can benefit from that. That's remarkable. That's what we'd like to s

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  The behaviour in Nova Scotia is unfortunate. When a first nation is exercising its legitimate right to a treaty fishery, to be treated that way.... It's heartening to know that not everyone feels that way. According to the latest CTV Nanos poll, 74% of Canadians feel that Mi'km

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much.

Fisheries committee  As far as communities signing on to the Jones agreements is concerned, we don't know what they signed, so it's kind of hard to comment on what that was. I know what was placed before our North Shore Mi'kmaq chiefs, our seven chiefs. Seven of the 10 poorest postal codes in Canada