New Fisheries Minister Murray has list of ‘urgent’ priorities to grapple with

In a big portfolio with major decisions ranging from Indigenous rights, to environmental concerns, to shipbuilding, observers say ‘hard-working’ Joyce Murray has a lot of pressure on her shoulders.
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray ‘understands the need to conserve, [but] she also understands the needs of those who need their livelihood,’ says UBC professor Andrew Trites.
New Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray has a difficult file ahead of her with competing priorities, many of which fall under the umbrella of climate change and the environment, experts say, but observers say she appears up to the job. Crystallizing into focus one of the major issues facing ...

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