If enough of us send messagesto the Minister of Fisheries and the Minister of Justice now, we can convince them to drop the case
If you care about wild salmon, you’re going to want to read this.
Last year, when biologist and salmon advocate Alexandra Morton won a lawsuit to help stop the transfer of disease-carrying Atlantic salmon to open-net fish farms, the Harper government and Norwegian fish farming giant Marine Harvest filed an appeal to try to overturn the ruling.
Now, we’ve learned that our new government is not only continuing Harper’s case -- they are fast-tracking it through the courts this month.
The new government has the power to stand up for salmon and drop this case -- in fact, Trudeau instructed the Justice Minister to review Harper-era cases and drop any that don’t fit with their vision for “Real Change”. [1]
If the court appeal succeeds, it could be left up to fish farming companies to decide if fish that may be carrying disease should be transferred to open-net pens. That would be like letting the fox guard the chicken coop.
Many fish farms are located right along wild salmon migration routes, anddiseases from fish farms can spread to wild salmon.
This jeopardizes a billion-dollar wild salmon economy that supports thousands of jobs, over 100 species and entire First Nations cultures.
We’re in this together,
Jolan and Amara, on behalf of the entire Leadnow.ca team
Jolan and Amara, on behalf of the entire Leadnow.ca team
[1] Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Mandate Letter (Government of Canada). http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister-justice-and-attorney-general-canada-mandate-letter
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