Seeing both sides of: Native hunting and fishing rights
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The case for
It’s pretty simple. History shows local First Nations people fished the coast of British Columbia and disposed of their catch as they saw fit.
The courts have ruled those same people can continue to catch those fish and sell them if they wish to do so.
Canada does not have any more right to tell First Nations what to do with their fish than it has to tell Americans what to do with theirs
The case against
Three generations ago, the grandsons of European pioneers were hauling salmon into their boats at will throughout the Salish Sea.
Their descendants cannot do the same today because Canada has — rightly — decided indiscriminate fishing puts the species is at risk.
That simple, common-sense rule should apply to all Canadians, no matter who their grampa was.
