Fisheries committee  [Witness spoke in Kwak?wala and provided the following text:] Gila’kasla Hama’thlal Lal’kwala’tly. Wigya’xans hutli’laxa la’man wathdam. La’man wath’dam gyan no’kia kas Lal’kwala’tly. [Witness provided the following translation:] Greetings, gathered people. Listen to my word

Fisheries committee  If a fish farm company is found to be out of compliance of the conditions of licence, you get a 42-day window—

Fisheries committee  Oh, sorry. I'm hearing my own voice.

Fisheries committee  First off, we need to acknowledge that there is a clear lack of any measure of trust between the first nations of British Columbia and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. I'm not trying to be untoward or combative. I'm just stating what I've seen and heard many times over. As

Fisheries committee  The top one would be land-based closed containment. Second would be land-based closed containment. The third would be working with first nations across the province to redevelop and rehabilitate salmon habitat. Thank you.

Fisheries committee  I was as well. Is it me?

Fisheries committee  I have it set to “English”.

Fisheries committee  Do you want me to speak again?

Fisheries committee  Yes, I understand—

Fisheries committee  My answer is land-based closed containment now, and working with first nations across the province to identify rehabilitation efforts and get strategically out of the way to let the salmon come back.

Fisheries committee  I believe first nations are. A lot of these river systems and watersheds are in very remote locations where you will find first nations. There are a lot of cost savings to be enjoyed in the effort, and as well as the traditional ecological knowledge.

Fisheries committee  The long mistrust has been in place ever since the government has consistently disregarded the Supreme Court of Canada rulings. We saw it played out recently with the Mi'kmaq moderate livelihood. I can't remember a time since the Sparrow decision that there has been a true alloca

Fisheries committee  I can tell you that I've worked with and identified 102 first nations in British Columbia that support the transition to land-based closed containment. It's because people have now become more in tune with just what the impacts represent. The fact is that this is something that

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. Thank you for that. When I think about the conflict of interest—and you look at the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, CSAS,—this is such a confirmation that the conflict and bias is built into every aspect of DFO and the fish farm industry. This is something tha

Fisheries committee  I just want to jump on the comment about pre-spawn mortality. This is something that occurs.... One of the indicators is liver problems and other organs being taken over by piscine reovirus and becoming HSMI and the explosion of red blood cells. It's one of the contributors to pr