“So many people I have talked
to are in a state of shock and powerlessness. They all want to know
what the candidates running for election in the CRD plan to do to
protect all our wild salmon stocks,” said Donaldson.
The Wilderness Committee will be attending all candidate meetings
throughout the Capital Regional District this week to ask where all
the politicians stand on the issue of protecting wild salmon from the
threats they face, including habitat destruction from oil spills and
most importantly from fish farms. They will be heading out to the all
candidate forums with their sockeye salmon mascot ‘Tum Tum’.
“
This election will be a special one for those of us passionate about
wild salmon.
It is the first federal election since jurisdiction over salmon farms
was transferred to Ottawa,” said Donaldson. “We are urging all
parties to adopt policies that will put protection of our wild salmon
species ahead of the profits of the salmon farming industry.”
Tum Tum already attended the all candidates forum in the riding of
Esquimalt Juan de Fuca earlier this week and was very well received by
all candidates, though not everyone made their position on protecting
wild salmon clear
.
