Fisheries committee  Thank you, Chair.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for those introductory remarks, Mr. Chair. I very much appreciate them. Good afternoon, everyone. It's great to be with you virtually. I'm coming to you from the traditional unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation and the Coast Salish peoples. Thank you for

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Hardie. It's great to see you as well, and it's great to be back here. If I could just add on to the previous discussion and build into your question, I would encourage the committee to look south of our border at the State of Washington

Fisheries committee  Madame Gill, perhaps I could start, as a representative of the provincial government.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I would say not directly for the specific amounts, but we have been in consultation, and our staff have been talking with DFO in the past number of months about how we might work together. The B.C. salmon restoration and innovation fund is a collaborative effort by th

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I'll start. I appreciate the question. I think that B.C. is eager to work with the federal government in developing new strategies to protect and revitalize B.C.'s wild salmon populations, including furthering our partnership on the B.C. salmon restoration an

Fisheries committee  It's a great question. I always want to see more. It's certainly one of the biggest investments that we've seen from a federal government in the last decade. This is certainly a good step in the right direction, and if it isn't bold, it's pretty darn close.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Johns. It's nice to see you as well, my friend. Thank you for the question. To build on what has been said, it is important to note that we're in a dire situation, and, as Mr. Hardie pointed out with his question, there is a uniqueness at this moment and a willing

Fisheries committee  That sounds great.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Calkins, and it's great to see you. Thanks for the note. It's great to be back in my new role. You do ask a very pointed question. I agree there needs to be support when decisions are made. The Discovery Islands decision definitely could impact wo

Fisheries committee  You're best to talk to DFO and the federal government, but our understanding is that we learned of that, as did many of the industries and local governments and others affected, when that decision came on quickly. Our concern was that workers who would be impacted by that decisio

Fisheries committee  Well, I can't disagree with what's been said, and I actually see that Mr. Hill would like to get in his time.

Fisheries committee  I would add one thing, and it's with a couple of comments that have been made. I think the biggest thing we need is to work together. Certainly Washington state has identified that one of their biggest successes has been federal representatives and state representatives and city

Fisheries committee  I'll look forward to that, Serge.

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question, Mr. Bragdon. I'll add that I was also a municipal city councillor, so I have all three to look at there. Yes, in terms of the Discovery Islands decision, the premier was very loud, and you heard about his concern for workers right away. I think that if