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Don’t take our jobs, First Nations spokesman tells Canadian PM – Fish Farming Expert

friday 24, 2024

Failure to renew current salmon farming licences in British Columbia will put a remotely located First Nation at risk and will result in it suffering annual economic losses of $2.82 million in economic output, $2.8m in employment income, and 60 jobs, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been told.

The grim prospect was outlined in a letter to Trudeau from Isaiah Robinson, deputy chief councillor of the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation, a coastal community situated in the Klemtu area 500 miles north of Vancouver. The  Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation sets the conditions under which tenant Mowi Canada can farm in its traditional territory.

Robinson’s open letter is the latest of several sent by those linked to the BC salmon farming sector to request that licences are renewed for a minimum period of six years.

Read More: https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/british-columbia-isaiah-robinson-justin-trudeau/dont-take-our-jobs-first-nations-spokesman-tells-canadian-pm/1772815

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