Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, I was in a couple of meetings where the band was indicating that they wanted the boundary to remain in place, and just not to be prosecuted up to where they did actually move the line. But, my next question is in the area of commercial hunting and fishing treaty rights. Recent cases in the south with treaty Indian people indicate that commercial hunting and fishing are treaty rights that are protected by the constitution because people were commercially hunting and commercially fishing at the time the treaties were made. I would like to know if this government has done anything to respect the commercial right to hunt and fish by the treaty people in the Northwest Territories?
Roy Erasmus on Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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