The Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Nations in New Brunswick have an Aboriginal right, in accordance with the Van der Peet test (1996), to harvest wood for domestic purposes such as building houses and making furniture for personal use. The Court rejected the notion that the test's integral requirement means that the practice, custom, or tradition must be a core aspect of their identity or a defining feature of their cultures so that their societies would be fundamentally altered without it. Instead, it is sufficient if the practice of harvesting wood was undertaken for survival purposes, as in this case. The Court found it unnecessary to decide whether there is also a treaty right to harvest wood for domestic purposes.