Mr. Speaker, I have just returned from my riding in the Pacific northwest where I watched an unprecedented coalition forming.
First Nations, commercial fishers and sport fishers have come together to oppose DFO's irresponsible plans to promote fish farms on the north coast, again a Russian roulette with our wild fish.
The science is clear that open net fish farms are a threat. The Auditor General four years ago said that DFO was not fulfilling its mandate to protect wild salmon from the effects of salmon farming.
Will the minister finally step up and defend the people of B.C.'s coast and put a halt to the expansion of fish farms?