Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

While the government is fast-tracking national projects, it's 'reducing DFO’s ability to assess the risks these projects pose to critically important species like salmon,' says B.C. professor Michael Price.
With Pacific salmon finally beginning to rebound in some regions of B.C. and the Yukon, NDP MP Gord Johns says Canada can't slow efforts to rejuvenate the population as related funding sunsets early next year.

Opposition critics are calling on the government to ensure that Fisheries and Oceans Canada's ability to monitor Canada's vital resources above and below the waves won't be further eroded with hundreds of millions of dollars in spending cuts. And while the recent budget rema...

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