From The Times Colonist , I like the last sentence.. "Later in the day, another coastal move was made.
Four cabinet ministers and four First Nations released a “statement on work in the Broughton Archipelago.” It came after a daylong meeting in Vancouver to discuss the issue of fish farms in the nations’ traditional territories.
The statement said: “The basis for this meeting was to jointly honour the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to confirm a commitment to a consent-based government-to-government process focused on the current fish-farm operations in the Broughton area, and the protection of wild salmon.
“We are prepared to do the necessary hard work to find a path forward together” by way of UNDRIP. The NDP government has committed to observe that declaration’s requirement for informed consent from First Nations on most development issues affecting their territories.
No industry representatives were invited.
The statement essentially confirms the threat Agriculture Minister Lana Popham issued to salmon farmers in October.
Popham was an ardent critic in Opposition and soon after she became a cabinet minister, she wrote to one firm warning that its routine restocking plan for one Broughton location could be problematic to its tenure, which could not be guaranteed.
The days of open-net pens on the coast appear limited. And the all-out war over control and access to the coast is about to begin.'
Author
Topic: Get your facts straight? (Read 1685587 times)