[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by hunterngather

Whats is the incentive of them becoming commercial fisherman? I just told you it would result in more traps in the water?

Also have told you they are havesting within the law.

Do some research, since 99 when the treaty was solidified in the supreme court BOTH sides have been asking for clarity from the feds.

R v Mashall in 99 upheld the Peace and Freindship Treaty of 1752 which gave the Mi'kmaq the right to hunt and fish thier lands and establish trade.

In 99 the supreme court said they have the right to not just sustain themselves by hunting and fishing, but to earn a "moderate livelihood " even in the offseason.

"The court defined "moderate livelihood" as a living that provided for "necessities" like food and shelter, but not the "accumulation of wealth". What that means practically was never addressed in the regulations, leaving a grey area that has yet to be resolved to this day."

"The Mi'kmaq have been waiting for decades to lay out regulations that uphold this ruling, but the government still has yet to do anything. So the Sipekne'katik First Nation is making their lobster fishery a test case, issuing just 11 licences, with the hopes of collecting data towards making the operation sustainable in the years to come. They are operating perfectly within the law.:

Same source as above.

So yeah there is a two tier system. It worked out for the Europeans, still does. The treaty said yeah, Canada gets the land, Indigenous people can hunt and fish it.

If you looked at the median income of such parties on both side, I bet it would lean heavy on the people burning building down...

They are harvesting within what law? A law for Canadians or a law for First Nations?