It is a goat rodeo. I agree with you.
http://www.cjme.com/2020/10/18/n-s-...ate-livelihood-as-fishing-dispute-boils-over/
I'm from SK and I'm on the outside of this, but this is how I'm understanding this from the outside looking in. Lobsters mate and lay their eggs, etc...in the off-season from catching them (An adult
lobster can lay up to 100,000 eggs, etc... depending on the size of the female). The Lobster Season on much of the East Coast is from the end of November until the last week in May for that reason.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil
is urging Ottawa to define what constitutes legal harvesting in a “
moderate livelihood” fishery, after a dispute about Indigenous fishing treaty rights boiled over on the weekend. The Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in 1999 that said the Mi’qmaq and Maliseet people of Atlantic Canada and the Gaspe region of Quebec have a right to earn a “
moderate livelihood” from fishing. Someone can go off about a "
Traditional Commercial Out-Of-Season Lobster Industry, etc..." but lets see this one out...as sustenance hunting (
or fishing, or whatever catching Lobsters would be called) and a commercial operation would be two different critters I'm assuming. Having a two tier system based upon race doesn't lead to harmony as we've seen over & over but that's where things are at. Tension has been building for weeks between Indigenous and non-Indigenous lobster fishers in southwest N.S.
Many non-Indigenous critics, however, cite a clarification issued by the court,
stating the treaty rights would be subject to federal regulations. Commercial fishermen have also expressed concern with the conservation of fish and lobster stocks. Yet others have argued that commercial fishing seasons are based on the economy and trade, and the scale of the small Indigenous fishery doesn’t impact conservation. The dispute has become so heated that the head of a Maritime Fishermen’s Union local resigned, citing harassment and intimidation against himself and his family.
A spokesperson for the Maritime Fishermen's Union, Ruth Innis, describes what is happening in the community as anarchy – noting threats are being hurled from both sides. Innis says commercial fishermen have been vilified but says they’re not. The Maritime Fisherman’s Union is now calling on Ottawa to appoint an independent mediator to bring everyone to the table. “
If the Government of Canada was doing their job, this would not be happening – communities would be safe, they would be living in peace,” says Innis. “
Maybe we should ask Prime Minister Trudeau if he’s happy that his Canadian families are living in fear.”
The Gov't of Canada is too busy doing this though:
http://www.cjme.com/2020/10/15/oppo...iberal-filibuster-over-we-documents-demand-2/
Proroguing & Filibustering to hide from the depths of the latest Liberal Scandal that we know some about so far:
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/showthread.php?t=168103&page=15
Right now, Liberal MPs are filibustering two House committees over disputes about how to proceed with inquiries into the government's affairs. As a result, the Conservatives now might ask the House on Tuesday to establish the aforementioned "anti-corruption committee."
This committee would pursue several questions the Conservatives have about the government's handling of pandemic-related programs, including the WE Charity affair and
allegations that the husband of Trudeau's chief of staff lobbied the government about one program. It also would demand disclosure of any internal government correspondence about the government's decision to prorogue Parliament. One of the other demands for documents in the Conservative motion — covering 12 years of records from the private agency that handled public speaking appearances by Trudeau, his wife, mother and brother — mirrors an order that was passed by a House committee this summer. But that previous order expired when Trudeau had Parliament prorogued.
There's also an active dispute over whether government officials went too far in redacting information from some documents that have been turned over already. These 5000 or so redacted documents where released to the investigating committees
AFTER Trudeau had Parliament prorogued in the spirit of openness & honesty, etc...
The Liberals are countering the Conservative motion with
their own proposal to establish a special committee that would look at all pandemic-related spending by the government — which is similar to an idea already floated by the NDP. Such a committee could end up looking into some of the same things the Conservatives want to examine (
though it's not clear how the Liberals would deal with outstanding demands for document disclosure) but it would take a broader view that the Liberal Party would control even in their minority position. Presumably, it also wouldn't be called the "
anti-corruption committee."
http://ipolitics.ca/2020/10/15/libs...positions-efforts-to-reopen-we-charity-probe/
