Well it is not a simple issue to fix. It's not as simple as changing conservation rules, and it is not "accomodation." No pandering either.
Canadian First Nations have constitutional and treaty fishing rights that stretch back centuries. This is not some new idea or program or pandering.
Interestingly American treaty rights and the Reserved Rights Doctrine work pretty much the same way.
Suggesting that Canada "allows" native Canadians to fish in an almost unrestricted fashion is kind of like saying the U.S. government "allows" you to bear arms or to speak freely. It kind of misses how the whole things works and what the constitutions of both countries mean.
Do you think the United States accomodates you by allowing you to bear arms?
That's the wrong analogy you're using. Every Fish and Game animal in the USA is our national treasure. It is directly owned by We The People. The individual gets a license to harvest that animal and we all operate on an equal footing under the same Public Trust Wildlife Doctrine with the same seasons and limits regardless of race or creed. Biology and Conservation are consistently applied.
In Canada by contrast, simply by the color of your skin or your national origin, you are a class of citizen that must support conservation, pay for licenses, and obey reasonable principles to ensure your take is sustainable. On the other hand, simply by the color of your skin and national origin you are allowed to rape and pillage the crown resources, waste food, and destroy ecosystems that the other class pays dearly to protect. It has devastated the tourism economy of what was the finest Atlantic Salmon run in North America as just one example.
One Canadian group is paying dearly and responsibly for conservation, the other is exploiting the resource unfettered. What I've witnessed in their New Brunswick fisheries is nothing but absolute devastation and now their parliamentarians want to ban American sporting tourism as if there was any resources left to bring us there? Absurd.
In 2025 for example, New Brunswick estimated a total run of 5000 Atlantic salmon in both branches of the Miramichi River. The first nations were authorized to take up to 13,136 salmon that year using a variety of methods including nets, snagging, etc. First nations were allowed 263% of the total population!
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