Incident at Restigouche

Making this film was special for me, mainly because these people are very close to my nation. There were very good relations and it was, in a way, like coming home. I think it’s because the language, traditions and cultures are the same. For this film, I interviewed the Quebec Minister of Fisheries, Lucien Lessard. I invited him to Montreal for the interview and he knew I had a lot of problems with him. Many people told him not to come, that I would make mincemeat out of him. But he came, and I admired him for that. We fought all the time, but in the end I came to understand why people voted for him. He stood his ground, and if he made a promise to his constituents, you could be sure he would do his best to keep it.