The federal opposition is urging the Conservative government to act on the recomendations in the Cohen Inquiry report.
However West Coast Fisheries critic Finn Donnelly says the Conservative government was undermining the report long before it ever came out.
“But the Conservatives have been dismantling environmental protections and regulations through the use of their omnibus budget bills. They gutted the Fisheries act before they even heard the recomendations from the commission and there was no consultation. At a time when we need fisheries science more than ever the conservatives are slashing scientific capacity in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.”
Donnelly admits the inquiry is essentially toothless but says the report was so vast in scope the government simply can’t ignore it.
“The Conservative government must act on these recomendations they must impliment them it was 26-million dollars spent on this study over two years, heard from hundreds of witnesses, thousands of pages of input, we need action from this government.”
Donnelly says if the sockeye salmon stocks are to recover the government must act on the cohen report.
He says the report has absolutely pointed out the huge concerns around farmed salmon, and climate change.
About The Reporter
