Re-Flagging Deal Angers Canadian Fishermen

I'm sure this will endear the Liberals to the people of the east even more. It's time the PCs came back and swept the country.

A) Aren't there any entrepreneurs in Nunavut (sp?) that can start up their own fisheries and buy their own boats ??

B) Other Canadian boats are sitting idle, what's with that ??

C) Are you sure this is a Liberal thing, or is it an Inuit thing ?

Questions, where are the answers and who answers to this.

This is crap !!!

Put a stop to it. NOW !




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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

That boggles my mind. Why in the world did the governement allow that to happen???

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"These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence." - Sir John Sparrow Thompson

Okay - is it crazy to say - if there is even one out of work Canadian fisherman that the work should be given to them over a foreigner? Wouldnt that benefit everyone a whole lot more?

Roy

It`s obvious that our government doesn`t care about Canada and Canadians!

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Dave Ruston

It would seem that the Inuit put the idea out there and the government rubber stamped it.

They are BOTH INSANE !!!

How do you stop insanity ??

I think a few emails to the the government of Nunavut are in order, eh gang ????


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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

OK, I've already sent mine.

Here's the url:

http://www.gov.nu.ca/Nunavut/English/contacts/

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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Funny thing, that fishing industry. The West Coast fishing industry has supported my family for over a hundred years. In my 6 or 7 years of involvement, I've witnessed a few very disturbing events: The US seizing Canadian waters, fishing Canadian fish, and then packaging them as Canadian fish. Only, it was American boats doing it and they were seizing Canadian boat owners who entered the traditionally-Canadian waters. Here's a bit more info:

-The re-drawing of the A-B line. The mid-water line at the South end of the Alaskan panhandle was redrawn in US atlases without any Canadian scrutiny. This extended Alaska's fishing territories into what were traditionally Canadian waters. Since Canadian schools picked up the atlases, we were stuck and couldn't reclaim the territory.

-Alaskan (and Washington state) fisheries began targeting Canadian-bound salmon. This actually occurred within that newly Alaskan region created by the movement of the A-B line. The Alaskan fisheries department stated that they were targeting Alaska-bound fish. Studies indicated otherwise. This led to the blockade of an Alaskan ferry as the only recourse local Prince Rupert, BC fishermen had. (I don't have details on what happened around Washington state / lower BC).

-American-caught fish were sold under "Made in Canada" tags. The fishing vessels off-loaded the fish onto a packer vessel. The packer then transported the produce to a Prince Rupert processing plant, and it was canned and shipped out and sold in cans stamped "Made in Canada".

Is this much different from a foreign boat fishing under a Canadian flag? Well maybe, since it means the Alaskan boats never paid any Canadian taxes.

-KY

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Kory Yamashita

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Astounding! Paul 'meet me in the Bahamas' Martin has no moral authority to stop it, nor would he even want to draw attention to the issue. Sweet deal for Inuit bosses though, as a 'non-profit' venture they avoid a lot of taxes, it's more than likely they have recieved federal money for business ventures, and it's guaranteed that the foreign ships & crews won't pay Canadian tax or do anything to replenish or manage the fish stock. Canadians are such poor stewards of Canada it's pathetic.