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Environment committee Hugh, do you think you would be better equipped to answer that question? Is that fair?
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler
Environment committee As I previously mentioned, there was no consideration of indigenous knowledge. I think that's a huge gap. I think there are some serious flaws in how we assess. We assess on a project-by-project basis. We need to assess the possibility that.... I mean, presumably, this company i
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler
Environment committee Thank you for your question. As you heard, when GE salmon was first approved, the public knew almost nothing about it. There was no notification and very little transparency. After this committee reviewed that, as a case study, there was a recommendation for improved consulta
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler
Environment committee If we're talking about protecting nature, a huge chunk of nature is not vertebrates. Think insects, crustaceans, mollusks, etc. If we're talking about protecting the environment, we need to protect all of it. Vertebrates make up a very small part of it. We want to ensure, whether
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler
Environment committee I can start. In the situation in Prince Edward Island with Atlantic salmon, it's a hugely important animal in the lives of the Mi'kmaq. There is nothing more invasive than changing the genome, the DNA of the species, and there was absolutely no consultation engagement and no eff
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler
Environment committee Thank you, Chair and members, for this opportunity. I live in Nova Scotia, part of Mi’kma'ki. I wouldn't be here today if an American company hadn't chosen Prince Edward Island to produce the world's first genetically engineered food animal, a transgenic Atlantic salmon contain
December 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Mark Butler