Madam Chair, our government is committed to an area-based management approach to aquaculture, and these particular farms may not be the best fit for the location or for their adjacency to first nations communities. That is why we are finalizing formal consultations with the local communities and each first nation on the Discovery Islands as to whether those licences will be renewed. I will say that the first nations communities there recognized how important it was, but also told us—
In the House of Commons on November 24th, 2020. See this statement in context.