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Carney’s Fast-Track Promises Under Gunn Fire Over Salmon Farming in B.C.

Prime Minister Mark Carney promises faster decisions to strengthen Canada, but his government still has no answers for B.C’s ...
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Activists’ Land-Based Salmon Poster Child Gasping for Survival

Anti-salmon farming campaigner Tony Allard wants Canada to abandon B.C.’s ocean salmon farms in favour of fish grown in tanks on land. Now, the Japanese operation he holds up as proof of that future ...
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B.C. Salmon Farming Ban Faces National Security Test

Canadian Seafood Farmers says Ottawa’s new national security pledge to boost domestic food production conflicts with its 2029 ...
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Salmon Farming in B.C. Tops National Aquaculture Agenda

New leadership at Canadian Seafood Farmers pushes for science-based policies, investment certainty and increased domestic ...
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Seismic Political Shift Offers New Hope for B.C.’s Salmon Farmers

After almost a decade of NDP rule marked by indifference to salmon farming, the election of a Conservative majority signals a ...
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Canada Funds Asian Fish Farms While Shutting Down B.C.’s

Canada is spending $24 million to strengthen aquaculture across Asia while pursuing a policy that threatens thousands of jobs ...
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Vancouver Island’s Resource Economy at a Critical Crossroads

Vancouver Island’s resource economy is under mounting pressure as forestry mills shut down, salmon farming production declines and escalating U.S. tariffs threaten businesses already struggling with ...
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Ottawa Pressed to Reveal Cost of Salmon Farming Ban in B.C.

Ottawa is being challenged to explain how Canadians will afford salmon and where future supplies will come from if the Carney government proceeds with plans to shut down conventional ocean salmon ...