translate English to French: [B]ut even if the freeze-up and break-up issue had been considered, it would probably have been discarded, because the notion that the Innu would be encouraged to engage in fishing as an economic activity was very much alive.
Mais même si l'on avait tenu compte du gel et de la débâcle, on n'aurait probablement pas considéré que c'était important, car on comptait beaucoup encourager les Innus à pratiquer la pêche comme activité économique.