Fisheries committee  Yes, it certainly would help, for sure. I would give a thumbs-up on that question. Yes, we certainly can use the help. Like I said, we're different and we're not eligible, and it seems like we're not eligible because of who we are. We're not thought of. I know when decisions ar

Fisheries committee  Yes, it certainly is. We have a lot more people who want to go out fishing, but they can't get access. Again, we would like to work with the government, and we would like the fisheries associations to work with us to try to get more of us in. The decision was made over 20 years a

Fisheries committee  I know MP Gill asked what more we can do to be more prepared. I think we all should be prepared for the second wave. Inevitably, it's going to come, and we've learned through what we've been doing right across the country in following guidelines to help flatten this virus. In ou

Fisheries committee  Thank you for that. No, we were not eligible. That's one of the problems. They have funds for harvesters, but we're not classified as harvesters. We're indigenous communal fishers. We've asked, but we haven't received a response to a number of questions we had for them. One of t

Fisheries committee  Yes. Like many other fishers, we're operating at a great loss to our operation here. Other MPs may already know, and certainly you do, that we have a treaty right to the fishery, which was decided back in 1999. We're still not exercising that. I'll give you an example. It's b

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of Parliament on the fisheries panel and, of course, staff. Kwe. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today regarding COVID-19's impact on our community. Today I am with you from my community of Membertou, where I've bee