DFO claims it can and will enforce law on First Nations fishers
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is claiming that it has the authority to enforce fisheries laws on two Nova Scotia First Nations, and that it can and will send officers into First Nations to enforce its regulations. In a March 18 letter to Sipekne’katik Chief Michelle Glasgow, DFO’s Maritimes region director general Doug Wentzell refuted claims that a series of court rulings deprived his department of authority to manage First Nations fishers.“The courts have repeatedly upheld the Crown’s role in regulating the fishery, as well as the use of licensing as part of fisheries management, even when regulating the exercise of Aboriginal or Treaty rights,” reads Wentzell’s letter, obtained by The Chronicle Herald. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 16:52
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