“A blockade in northern Manitoba is stopping licensed hunters from using a public road to reach public land. The hunters are following the law, and the blockade is not. I want the minister to tell the RCMP to clear the blockade.”

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday, there were headlines in all major newspapers across Manitoba. For the second time in a year, there is a blockade on a public road that prevents licensed, regulated hunters from accessing public Crown land. There are no provincial closures on this road or on the land. The province has done the science and set the quotas. Hunters have the legal authority to hunt during hunting season. The only people acting out of order here are those imposing the blockade. Imagine the standard that is being set. Why will the minister not instruct the RCMP to maintain law and order in northern Manitoba?”

“A blockade on public land is stopping licensed hunters from traveling on open roads. The RCMP is not clearing it because the government supports it. First the Liberals targeted our hunting rifles and fishing rights, and now they are taking away our access to public land.”

“Mr. Speaker, the RCMP is the government’s mandate. There is a blockade on public infrastructure and public land blocking licensed hunters during a short hunting season. Some of these hunters have waited years for this opportunity. Canadians have a charter right to freely travel, and there is no provincial designation restricting access to Crown land or the roads in the area in question. The RCMP will not deal with it, likely because the NDP minister in Manitoba and the Liberal minister here in Ottawa condone the blockade. These are the same Liberals who are hell-bent on taking away our hunting rifles and our right to fish for salmon. Are they trying to take away our right to public land too?”