For over a year, the committee has been studying the state of Pacific salmon. We've heard from numerous indigenous and non-indigenous organizations involved in trying to restore wild Pacific salmon. We've been told that the proven methods for restoring stocks are known and available. They just need to be resourced. They haven't been resourced properly to this point.
It seems that the current government's funds, in the federal budget, will basically be reinventing the wheel that we know already exists. Wouldn't these new federal resources be better placed in support of actions restoring salmon stocks than creating more and new innovative structures?