Ahead of Carney's 1st campaign rally, fish harvesters protest at St. John's Convention Centre
Posted on: Mar 24, 2025 01:37 IST | Posted by: Cbc
At the pattern Centre in St. John's, members of the liberalist company hold off excitedly for ground Minister Mark Carney to speak at his first campaign rally.
Ahead of the event, around 100 fish harvesters crowded into the St. John's Convention Centre lobby, protesting cuts major cuts to harvesting snow crab in the 3K area and broader management of the sector by federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson, a local MP.
The snow crab quota in the 3K division is losing almost a quarter of last year's total allowable catch at 7,643 tonnes, down from 9,998 tonnes in 2024.
The protesting harvesters are affiliated with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW).
Thompson agreed to meet with three FFAW members, diffusing the situation.
As a result, FFAW leadership told protesters to the leave the lobby and stay outside. FFAW President Dwan Street, along with harvesters Glen Newbury, Richard Gillett, Chad Payne, and Rodney Burton will be meeting with Thompson shortly.
Street said she hoped that Thompson, a fellow Newfoundlander, would make decisions to benefit communities in her province.
"I have never in my life seen the shine come off a fisheries minister as fast as I have with Minister Thompson," Street said.
FFAW In-shore president Jason Sullivan said the Liberals are killing rural Newfoundland.
"No one gives a f - - - about Newfoundland," Sullivan told a crowd at a rally at a different location earlier on Sunday. "When you find carbon tax Carney this evening, you've got to show him you're not weak."
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