Fisheries committee  I was part of the team for the Homalco First Nation, the Tla'amin Nation and the Klahoose First Nation, so I can speak about the input from them within the consultation processes. There was absolutely no support for the fish farm licences to be renewed. The understanding and the

Fisheries committee  Thank you, sir.

Fisheries committee  [Witness spoke in Kwak'wala] [English] I've acknowledged you all as knowledgeable and respectful people. I'll give you my traditional name, which is Galagame’. I'm from what you may know as the Broughton Archipelago. The words I am going to share today are from my heart and on

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  There are many different impacts, and Cohen was very clear about that. Certainly some of them are federal and some of them are provincial. I think that really shows the need to have federal-provincial-first nations co-operation in working together to address the situation. I wan

Fisheries committee  The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is critical. We need to see that go forward. We need to see it enacted in a broad way. We can't wait until everything is finally in place and then we're going to be able to move forward. We have to identify the areas where th

Fisheries committee  I've heard from many first nations concerns about pinnipeds—it's kind of a fun word to say, actually—but you can see the prevalence around them. I've seen video footage of them being within herring nets and causing a lot of damage and so forth. We're focusing on the 1% to 4% that

Fisheries committee  It was done eight years ago.

Fisheries committee  First nation organizations—the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, First Nations Summit and the BCAFN—all passed resolutions supporting the full implementation. Then we've been misdirected by governments saying “we've acted upon”, whereas what they're really saying is “We didn't implement

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  I think it has continued, when you look at the nine science papers and the faulty CSAS process. This is another delay and distraction. When the consultation that I've been involved with for the three first nations on Discovery Island wanted resourcing, they said, “Sorry, there's

Fisheries committee  I think Cliff's on the right track there about land-based closed containment. With such broad first nations support around the province, I have spoken and engaged with leadership for the past year very intimately, and I can identify no less than five or six first nations that are

Fisheries committee  I'll jump in. Thank you very much for your question. I think we need to understand where the man-made, government-controlled opportunities to effect change are, in whatever industry it may be that is harming wild salmon. We are challenged with global warming, a warming ocean, an

Fisheries committee  I'll jump in. This is a great example of what I just mentioned. The government can say that they have “acted upon” that recommendation, but disregarding it or dismissing it is acting upon it. It's not implementing. I believe that with the set of recommendations being as broad

Fisheries committee  I would think that, yes, we could, given the fact that we have Supreme Court law that gives footing for the government to act and to pursue reconciliation on something that's so heavily nested inside the United Nations declaration and given the crisis that is Pacific salmon. Of c