FFAW walks out of meeting with deputy fishery minister

FFAW-Unifor met with the Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Annette Gibbons, to reiterate the call to reverse last month’s Northern cod decision, reinstate the Stewardship Fishery, and reaffirm the 115,000mt commitment.

Union representatives walked out of the meeting with DFO and joined fish harvesters in downtown St. John’s to publicly demand a meeting with Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, to demonstrate at a federal-provincial environment news conference.

“Yesterday afternoon, we presented a 1300-page document to DFO, to Members of Parliament, and to the Prime Minister of Canada. This submission is a detailed record of the federal government’s commitment to Newfoundland and Labrador and to inshore fish harvesters,” explains FFAW-Unifor President Greg Pretty.