Fisheries committee  Thanks, Mel. This is a critically important concern for the Shuswap Watershed Council and the residents of this area. This is one of the last pristine interior lake aquatic systems in the country. It's known as a sensitive receiving environment. If we ever were to receive an inf

Fisheries committee  We have tens of thousands of them on Shuswap Lake alone, from which people are drawing and treating their own water from the lake. I'm not aware of an effective decontamination process at this point, other than replacing water intake valves and screens and so on. I was interest

Fisheries committee  Thank you for that. I think that's a very good question. I certainly would echo the comments of my colleague regarding the need for additional funding to support the border services. The primary method of transport is going to be through trailered boats. We need 24-7, 365-day c

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the standing committee. My name is Paul Demenok. I'm chair of the Shuswap Watershed Council, and with me is Erin Vieira, who is our program manager. Thank you for the opportunity to provide our input to this program. We have some very signifi