Business in Vancouver article posted September 29, 2025
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BC First Nations seek PM assurance on Salmon Farm Ban

First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance urges Prime Minister to view salmon habitat restoration as a “Nation-building project” and proceed with banning open netpen salmon farms.

“We call on Prime Minister Carney to come and meet with us in British Columbia, where we can discuss the rehabilitation and rebuilding of wild salmon of British Columbia as a nation building project,” he said at a news conference on Monday.

“One that is not extractive in nature, one that works to accommodate Aboriginal rights, reconciliation, benefits the environment and the fulsome economy that depends on wild salmon.”

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