The time has come to transition to closed containment in British Columbia.

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2 The time has come to transition to closed containment in British Columbia.

3 Diseased Atlantic farmed salmon in open net pens in the Pacific Ocean are threatening the health of wild salmon. The industry knows it, the courts recognize it, and yet the government ignores it.

4 More than 5,000 Canadians have written the Prime Minister demanding his government take action.

5 The government's response: silence

6 August Hundreds of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon escape into B.C. waters.

7 October 2017 Coastal First Nations start their over 200 day occupation of two Marine Harvest farms.

8 October 2017 CTV News Program W5 exposed the disastrous impact open-net Atlantic salmon farms are having on wild Pacific salmon.

9 November 2017 The world witnessed a graphic video of fish farms spewing virus-laden blood directly into the wild salmon migration route and smothering ancient glass sponges.

10 February 2018 Wild Fish Conservancy lab results show 100% of escaped salmon tested were infected with the highly contagious virus PRV. The burden of proof that PRV does not cause harm to wild salmon does not rest on the fish, it rests with government.

11 March 2018 State of Washington bans open net farms.

12 April 2018 Environment Commissioner issues a scathing report.

13 June 2018 Provincial government makes an announcement on future tenures.

14 The Proposition: The Liberal government must remove these farms from the wild salmon migration route and transition this harmful industry to safe, land-based technology.

15 Canada is well positioned to become a world leader in closed containment, but we need to act now.

16 Globally, money is being invested in landbased salmon farming. Florida, for instance, is building a 90,000-ton facility.

17 It is time for Canada to invest in a safe, sustainable industry that protects wild salmon and employment, develops new technologies, jobs, and export opportunities.

18 Land Aqua s 50,000 MT RAS land-based salmon aqua park proposal is a gamechanger for B.C.

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20 Prime Minister The Honourable Justin Trudeau Minister of Fisheries & Oceans The Honourable Dominic Leblanc Minister of Innovation, Science & Economic Development The Honourable Navdeep Bains Write POSTAGE FREE: House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

21 Contact BC Members of Parliament There are 42 Members of Parliament from British Columbia 18 Liberal MPs 1. Terry Beech, Burnaby North Seymour 2. John Aldag, Cloverdale Langley City 3. Ron McKinnon, Coquitlam Port Coquitlam 4. Carla Qualtrough, Delta 5. Ken Hardie, Fleetwood Port Kells 6. Stephen Fuhr, Kelowna Lake Country 7. Jati Sidhu, Mission Matsqui Fraser Canyon 8. Jonathan Wilkinson, North Vancouver 9. Dan Ruimy, Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge 10. Gordie Hogg, South Surrey White Rock 11. Joe Peschisolido, Steveston Richmond East 12. Randeep Sarai, Surrey Centre 13. Sukh Dhaliwal, Surrey Newton 14. Hedy Fry, Vancouver Centre 15. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Vancouver Granville 16. Joyce Murray, Vancouver Quadra 17. Harjit Sajjan, Vancouver South 18. Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, West Vancouver Sunshine Coast Sea to Sky Country

22 Contact BC Members of Parliament 9 Conservative MPs 1 Green MP 1. Ed Fast, Abbotsford 1. Elizabeth May, Saanich Gulf Islands 2. Todd Doherty, Cariboo Prince George 3. Dan Albas, Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola 4. Mark Strahl, Chilliwack Hope 5. Mark Warawa, Langley Aldergrove 6. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops Thompson Cariboo 7. Mel Arnold, North Okanagan Shuswap 8. Bob Zimmer, Prince George Peace River Northern Rockies 9. Alice Wong, Richmond Centre 14 NDP MPs 1. Kennedy Stewart, Burnaby South 2. Gord Johns, Courtenay Alberni 3. Alistair MacGregor, Cowichan Malahat Langford 4. Randall Garrison, Esquimalt Saanich Sooke 5. Wayne Stetski, Kootenay Columbia 6. Sheila Malcolmson, Nanaimo Ladysmith 7. Peter Julian, New Westminster Burnaby 8. Rachel Blaney, North Island Powell River 9. Fin Donnelly, Port Moody Coquitlam 10. Nathan Cullen, Skeena Bulkley Valley 11. Richard Cannings, South Okanagan West Kootenay 12. Jenny Kwan, Vancouver East 13. Don Davies, Vancouver Kingsway 14. Murray Rankin, Victoria

23 ALL can be reached via with this formula: ALL can be reached via mail (postage free) at this address: MP Name House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

24 Together we can #SaveWildSalmon Talk to your friends and neighbours