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House Hansard - 200

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 18, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP)
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising today on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people to raise a concern that is very close to the hearts of the indigenous peoples of British Columbia, and that is the threat to the wild Pacific salmon populations, and particularly of Fraser River sockeye. Petitioners call for the Government of Canada to implement all of the recommendations in the report of the Cohen commission. The report was tabled some years ago, in 2012, yet we still have open-pen salmon farms in the waters in and around the runs of wild salmon, threatening them with disease and with sea lice, which are really significant threats to the survival of the species. Between the climate crisis and the problems at sea that affect wild salmon and the effect of the caged salmon for aquaculture and their escapement, as well as the escapement of disease and sea lice, the petitioners point out that urgent action is needed. They call on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the minister to act with urgency.
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