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From YouTube: FEB 23 2023 Statements Adam Olsen
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Remember,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker
last
night
mla's
had
the
privilege
to
taste
the
incredible
Bounty
of
our
oceans,
food
that
sustained
Coastal
communities
and
people.
Since
time
immemorial,
the
event
was
hosted
by
Fisheries
for
communities.
They
continue
to
ask
the
same
question.
We
asked
in
our
wild
salmon
report
a
few
years
back.
How
can
we
ensure
that
the
people
who
fish
the
waters
benefit
from
the
wealth
of
the
ocean
like
they
once
did?
A
The
privatization
of
our
Fisheries
has
had
devastating
consequences.
Decision
made
in
foreign
boardrooms
and
decisions
made
in
boardrooms
here
in
Vancouver
net
huge
wealth
for
few,
while
leaving
the
Fishers
in
the
communities.
Little
last
night,
former
bcndp
Fisheries
Minister
Corky
Evans
gave
a
rousing
sermon.
He
reminded
us
that
our
report
on
wild
salmon
is
a
report
is
a
repeat
of
reports
from
30
years
ago.
A
Don't
leave
here
with
regrets.
He
said,
because
you
will
stew
over
it.
For
decades,
the
ocean
still
produces
a
bounty
and
we
have
a
responsibility
to
ensure
that
the
Fishers
and
their
communities
benefit
from
their
work.
The
same
goes
through
the
forests
and
the
people
and
communities
they
support
for
too
long.
We've
allowed
massive
corporations
to
extract
billions
each
quarter
and
send
their
lobbyists
into
these
Halls
cap
in
hand
claiming
they're
poor,
the
same
cycle
for
decades,
Mr
Speaker
enough
is
enough.