Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs. In 1982, when the Canadian Constitution was repatriated to Canada, aboriginal and treaty rights were protected through certain provisions in the Charter. To this date, many of those rights have not been defined properly. Recently, around 1990, there was a case called the Horseman case at the Supreme Court of Canada, which indicated that Treaty 8 Indians had a commercial right to hunt and that they likely had a right to commercial fishing as well. If we can start defining those treaty rights and how they are to be exercised within the Northwest Territories...For instance, in the community of Lutsel K'e, there is a big sign saying it is illegal to sell fish unless you have a commercial fishing licence. The people in the Lutsel K'e area are Treaty 8 people.
Roy Erasmus on Question 79-13(2): Defining Treaty Hunting And Fishing Rights
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Question 79-13(2): Defining Treaty Hunting And Fishing Rights
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 19th, 1996
Page 99
Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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