Letter from Dave Anderson to Government - with reply

Date: 2011/2/7 5:58:45 PM
Name/Nom : David M Anderson
E-Mail/Adresse électronique : dave@seatreks.ca
Address/Adresse : 4492 Nielsen Road
City/Adresse : Smithers
Province : BC
Postal Code/Code postal : V0J 2N2
telephone/Téléphone : 250-847-9657

Comments/Commentaires : Dear Sir, as a Canadian citizen and ex-serviceman I demand that I have access to fish halibut as a food fish without having to buy an allocation from a businessman! Our salmon are getting scarcer because of lice and disease from foreignly owned fish farms and now you allow businessmen to charge me for halibut! Unheard of! I think there should be a complete overhaul of the mandate of the DFO, they are certainly not protecting our fish or our fishing interests! I dislike people that rant, but I can see why they do! Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, DM Anderson.


Reply:

From: Prime Minister/Premier ministre <pm@pm.gc.ca>
To: dave@seatreks.ca
Cc: Gail Shea, P.C., M.P. <min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Subject: Office of the Prime Minister / Cabinet du Premier ministre
Sent: Feb 08 '11 14:35

Dear Mr. Anderson:

On behalf of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, I would like to thank you for your e-mail, in which you raised an issue that falls within the portfolio of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

Please be assured that the statements you made have been carefully reviewed. I have taken the liberty of forwarding your e-mail to Minister Shea, so that she too may be made aware of your comments. I am certain that the Minister will give your views every consideration. For more information on the Government's initiatives, you may wish to visit the Prime Minister's Web site, at www.pm.gc.ca.