Inspired by riots that broke out in the Maritimes in 2003, when the New Brunswick government wanted to give a percentage of the fish quota to Aboriginals, this piece presents a generational conflict within one family. Between the blindness of the grandfather and the fanaticism of the uncle, the idealism and integrity of the grandson are gravely shaken. Without sensationalizing or moralizing, the author paints a portrait of a society where the values that protect the collective fall down in the face of the furious quest of individual interest. An intense theatrical story, The Net provides heart-stopping suspense in a tightly
knit universe, one behind a closed familial door. Contrary to the societal and linguistic battles, the enemy is not the Other, but is instead rooted within the chaos of a family. The author brings us inside a forceful story that, thanks to the power of theatre, has a universal reach.