Fisheries
4 MPs count Fisheries as their top lobbying subject, across 700 meetings on the federal registry. No MP hears about it more than Mel Arnold, with 334 meetings. Lobbying on this subject rose 43% from 2024 to 2025.
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MPs Most Lobbied on Fisheries
Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, British Columbia
334
meetings
Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, Newfoundland and Labrador
190
meetings
St. John's East, Newfoundland and Labrador
149
meetings
North Island—Powell River, British Columbia
27
meetings
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Mr. Speaker, just after this Prime Minister's big meeting in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, French media announced that France will now be fishing 1,500 tonnes of snow crab on the Canadian continental shelf, to be caught by a French vessel and processed on the French islands. This will cause DFO to redu…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada will always protect our sovereignty and our fisheries, full stop. The Prime Minister has been clear. Details about any future arrangement with the European Union will be presented to all Canadians. The member is back to his old scare tactics, but our government is focused on grow…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister may have the authority, but he certainly does not have the right to trade away the future of fishermen and plant workers just to gain momentary access to Europeans. Giving France 1,500 tonnes of snow crab to catch on the Canadian shelf is history repeating its…
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Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries just made it absolutely clear. Notwithstanding all the theatrics we have on that side from the member, we will always stand up for the Canadian fishery. We will stand up for the fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador, and we alrea…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, the minister is not familiar with this issue. The Liberal government has turned its back on Canada's fishing industry. The Prime Minister is abandoning our sovereignty in favour of Europeans, who have a long history of destroying Canadian fish stocks. Yesterday, the Minister …
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