Help get factory salmon farms out of B.C.

[Ruth Walmsley]

Hi BROKE folk & allies,

I just called my MP Terry Beech’s office about the need to remove all open net fish farms from BC waters, and it only took a minute - I actually got to talk to a live human being! I invite you to call your own MP to express your views on this issue, and the importance of protecting wild salmon.

Here’s the link:

Stand up for B.C.'s wild salmon and help get the remaining factory salmon farms out of British Columbia waters. https://nwmd.social/s/email/4wqEYECLeu_Mw7uPm-A=/r

Thanks!

Ruth

Begin forwarded message:

From: Stan Proboszcz <Samthe...@SafeSalmon.ca>

Subject: I just uncovered a lobbying push to stop the salmon farm ban

Date: May 15, 2026 at 9:14:29 AM PDT

To: Ruth Walmsley <ru...@cranberrycommons.ca>

Ruth -- I’m sharing something that honestly made my jaw drop. Through a freedom of information request, I obtained a letter sent directly to Prime Minister Carney. It was signed by fish farm industry executives from seven countries, all pressuring Canada to abandon the promised phase-out of marine salmon farms in British Columbia’s coastal waters. And the timing matters. The factory fish farms are supposed to go, but Ottawa has gone quiet on exactly how it plans to make that happen. Every day without a clear plan creates an opening for overseas lobbyists to water down the transition behind closed doors. We have to nip this betrayal in the bud. That’s why it’s important for our Members of Parliament to hear from voters right now. Can you take one minute to call your MP and tell them to keep the promise to remove marine salmon farms from B.C. waters?  Think about this for a second. Foreign CEOs are lobbying our government to keep using B.C.’s coastal waters for an industry that has spent decades spreading parasitic lice, disease, and pollution into wild salmon habitat. And every single Atlantic salmon farm operating in B.C. is foreign-owned, with profits flowing out of our country. These companies have already made billions poisoning and infecting our coast. Now they’re trying to pressure Ottawa to weaken a public commitment that British Columbians, First Nations, scientists, fishing communities, and tourism operators fought for years to secure. But here’s the important part: public pressure is working. In just the last few years, roughly 40% of factory salmon farms in B.C. have already been removed. That happened because people like you kept speaking up. We are close to finishing this. The industry knows it. That’s why they’re pushing so hard right now to stall or reverse the fish farm ban before the final plan is locked in. A quick call to your MP today helps push this back onto Ottawa’s priority list and reminds decision-makers that the majority of British Columbians want these parasite-spreading farms removed.  Wild salmon belong to all of us. Our coast does not belong to foreign corporations using it like their own personal cash machine.   Please make that quick call now and tell your MP to keep the promise.  Thank you for standing up for wild salmon, Stan Proboszcz  P.S. Foreign-owned salmon farming companies are fighting hard to protect their access to B.C.’s waters. Now is the moment to remind Ottawa who these waters belong to. https://www.safesalmon.ca/ Watershed Watch Salmon Society · 2099 Lougheed Hwy, A113, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 1A8, Canada This email was sent to ru...@cranberrycommons.ca. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Sam on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.