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VICTORIA Premier John Horgan took a rare shot at the Justin Trudeau government on Wednesday, blasting it for a unilateral move to close 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands on the B.C. coast.
“The federal government took action in Discovery without consulting us at all,” Horgan told reporters during his weekly media conference.
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“They told us after the fact,” he added, referring to the 18-month closure notice served by Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan the week before Christmas.
Aquaculture workers worry about bleak future with the closing of farms in the Discovery Islands Kieran Oudshoorn © Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC Paul Pattison and his wife both work in aquaculture, but with the Discovery Islands ordered to close in 18 months, both their family s livelihood is uncertain.
Fish farming has been a family affair for Paul Pattison.
He s the manager of operations for Mowi Canada West s Discovery Islands group of farms. His wife is an accountant with the company. His brother works for Mowi s health and safety department. His mother-in-law and sister-in-law work in accounting and sales for contractors, and his cousins are fish processors.