I went there as an independent commercial fisherman, which is what my son and I are and the rest of our family is. When we went in the room and everybody stood up and introduced themselves around the room, one was representing, say, a tribal council, one was representing small communities, and so on and so forth. They were all organizations. I sat at a table with some very nice people and they were actually who pointed it out. It got me thinking. There were almost 150 people in that room in Richmond and they were making decisions for us. It had something to do with the Fraser River at the time. I had been asked to go because I happen to live in North Vancouver, so I attended the meeting and it was pointed out by some people I met there what was really going on. After they pointed it out and we listened to everybody, they were right; so like I say, representation for commercial fishermen needs to be a priority.
On February 6th, 2019. See this statement in context.