Fisheries Officer Says Job Threatened Before Testimony; Federal Committee Examines Illegal Fishery
A front-line Nova Scotia fisheries officer says his job was threatened by unnamed senior staff before he testified at the House of Commons standing committee on fisheries and oceans.
The mandated review of the Fisheries Act introduced by the Liberal government in 2019 heard from current and former fisheries officers warning that a refusal by the Department of Justice to prosecute charges against First Nations members and a perception of political interference were jeopardizing fish stocks on both coasts...
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