Canada’s Best Known Political Commentator
Posted in The Common Sense Canadian on Mar 3rd, 2010
Here’s an Article by Rafe at The Common Sense Canadian which tells us that even the former Attorney General of Norway and the owner of the world’s largest salmon farming company agree that salmon farms must be moved out of migration routes.
Posted in Rafe Reacts on Jan 9th, 2010
A bit of a heads up … shortly, Damien Gillis – the superb producer of outdoor videos – and I will soon be announcing an undertaking which we’re very excited about. Stay tuned!
Premier Campbell and his henchmen along with the federal minister, Gail Shea, continue to deny the heavy impact of sea lice from fish [...]
Posted in Audio on Nov 2nd, 2009
Rafe Mair was a regular guest on the Simi Sara Show prior to Talk 1410 AM’s change of format announced on Nov. 5.
Click here to listen to an MP3 clip of Rafe’s final appearance on November 2. The topics of discussion are Burrard Thermal, river privatization projects, and MP Peter Julian’s call for an independent [...]
Posted in The Tyee on Nov 2nd, 2009
The catastrophe doesn’t seem to concern Tories, Grits. In fact, they don’t want to know.
The NDP tread where the Conservatives and Liberals fear to go as NDP Fisheries Critic Peter Julian and MP hopeful Fin Donnelly call for an independent judicial inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye.
It should happen. It must happen. [...]
Posted in Audio on Oct 26th, 2009
Rafe Mair is a guest most Monday mornings on the Simi Sara show on Talk 1410 AM (CFUN).
Click here to listen to an MP3 clip of Rafe’s appearance on October 26. The topics are the recent escape of salmon from the Broughton Archipelago salmon farms, and the cuts to mental health by the provincial government.
Posted in The Tyee on Sep 15th, 2009
Those who complain I’m not even-handed don’t get my purpose.
I read comments to this column regularly and both enjoy them and profit from them. In my last article on Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea there were concerns expressed that I was not giving equal time to both sides of the issue so I thought I [...]
Posted in The Tyee on Sep 7th, 2009
As BC’s sockeye disaster unfolded, she flogged fish farms in Norway.
Here is the story from the Black Press, scarcely known for left wing tendencies –
The Fraser River sockeye run is winding up and millions of missing salmon still haven’t shown up.
The Pacific Salmon Commission estimates the run size at 1.37 million sockeye – the worst [...]
Posted in Save Our Rivers on Sep 7th, 2009
Damien Gillis’ video out of Trondheim, Norway’s recent Aquaculture trade show demonstrates the problem we British Columbians have which simply stated is this – neither of the two major political parties give a fiddler’s fart for the west coast fishery. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea simply doesn’t concern herself with our plight and I’ve [...]
Posted in Save Our Rivers on Aug 31st, 2009
There is a coming together of environmentalists unprecedented in my memory and much of the impetus will come from those opposed to fish farms and to the government rivers policy. This is a natural alliance since both deal with rights to water and healthiness of fish although the emphasis might be different from group to [...]
Posted in General on Aug 21st, 2009
On Thursday August 20 I attended a rally against fish farms held at Pender and Burrard in Vancouver. I gave a short speech – and it was lousy, Stooping to use the “f” word, I called the government liars. I was trying to get the message out that one of the principal things we must [...]
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