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An adjournment debate on federal policy toward British Columbia’s west coast, focusing on fisheries. Gord Johns of the NDP said coastal communities on Vancouver Island are treated unfairly, pointing to fishing licence rules that let corporations and foreign owners push out local harvesters, restrictions that kept fishers from catching returning Fraser River sockeye, lower federal funding for BC ferries compared with east coast ferries, and Senate representation. He asked what the government will change before the 2026 fishing season. Ernie Klassen, a Liberal parliamentary secretary, said the government recognizes the economic pressures on west coast harvesters and is updating licence rules so active fishers keep more profits and have more control, working with BC fishers and First Nations to develop rules suited to the west coast rather than copying east coast measures.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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