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There have been many articles written thus far about Bill C-38. This is one of the better ones, in that it offers a fair amount of detail regarding the changes that are proposed. I think it’s worth the read.
Here is little of what it said about the fisheries act.
“The process for issuing permits under the Species at Risk Act is being altered and the Fisheries Act is being streamlined so only major bodies of water used for commercial, recreational or aboriginal fisheries will be protected.
These far-reaching fisheries changes prompted British Columbia Conservative leader John Cummins to write a personal letter to Harper warning of a voter backlash and complaining that Bill C-38 would put “public ownership” in the hands of the federal fisheries minister rather than Canadians.
The minister “then would be able to do as he sees fit with that resource, which may not be in the best interest of the fish or the people, but it is a loss that shouldn’t happen.
Historically, we as Canadians, had ownership of the fish and this bill would eliminate that,” Cummins writes.”
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