Blue economy focus needed in Canada’s COVID-19 recovery plan

It is notable the seafood sector has been remarkably resilient thus far in the pandemic. Companies adapted and pivoted to keep people working, and healthy while doing so, and served Canadians and global markets. We can leverage that resiliency.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray arrives at West Block on Nov. 22, 2021, on the first day of the 44th Parliament. The blue economy mandate was put forth by the federal government prior to the pandemic, but it has been reinforced in Murray's new mandate letter, writes Paul Lansbergen.
We’ve come to the end of another year filled with uncertainty, with no sign of predictability on the horizon. No one is really sure what the new year will bring. Stability has been hard for Canadians to come by, and it’s something that decision makers and leaders i...

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