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B.C's Conflict Politics Signal We Are Closed for Business
B.C needs to send a strong signal that we are open for business
The wild vs. ocean farmed public conflict has signalled we are closed to investment
Social licence is preventing net-pen expansion and actually forcing contraction in certain
geographies (Washington state, Discovery Islands)
Federal Discovery Island decision has
- Downloaded job losses to the province – a non-just transition for the workforce
Dissuades further investment by the majors (Mowi, Cermaq, Grieg) which will ripple into adjunct
industries such a feed mills and fish processing house which will refrain from on going capital
improvement investments and R&D
Creates a perception that "signals the beginning of the end" with no material transition plan
Significant impact to coastal economies that could avalanche
will have an impact on the individual FN's whom have working agreements with Fish Farm Companies
Trudeau's documented private commentary1 that land-base salmon farming is not viable slams
the door on investment and encourages the majors to age out their farms and leave the province
1 Land-Based Salmon Aquaculture: Aquacultures New Disrupter -Intrafish Business Intelligence report October 2020
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