Which of the following best describes you? Are you a First Nations person, Métis, or Inuk?
Indigenous and Anglo-Saxon, mixed ancestry (if asked I am Indigenous)

Can you point to something that you have heard or seen that makes you feel this way?
dont watch news but could do more and there were stricter regulations 20 years ago
Manitoba hydro is releasing zebra mussels (invasive species) into the lakes and its killing fish<br />
The federal government announced 1B for response to oil spills in the West coast.
Privatization of resources. Pipelines and ferries
Read articles about the safety of putting port facilities around Kitimat
Barged of all the shipping container came off last year
i live on a small golf island and one of the beaches is known for oysters and clams and people come taking sacs of them leaving their garbage behind t
Coast guard boats going by to recover from the oil spills, people out there paying attention
Marine accidents are not being addressed properly.
Craters hang around the habor too much. The shipping industry is backed up.
large container ships anchored in front of residences with loud noises night and day
i grew up in the water, seeing boats sunken in the water
increase oil tanker traffic is appalling.
Containers that sunk were not extracted and will be dangerous for marine life.
We have a ferry system within our waters that we see quite frequently and they appear to be handled well. Attention is paid to the concerns of the pe
government has done a good job on educating people with smaller boats
recently had a ship on our coast that lost 109 containers....
The individual is a diver and see a lot of ocean activity. especially how accidents and safety concerns are handled by the government
Fish farms off the cost of Vancouver Island...
what goes into the ocean, waste, garbage, pollution, toxins from the mills
news papers, articles and different organization she is part of
Been around in the water for a long time, doing sailing
What I've read in the media. Several containers lost at sea off Victoria and how it was handled, and the reduced or apparent reduction in budgets to
seeing people be careless on the ocean, disposal of garbage and ship wrecks
The government could do more about marine safety
films about caring climate change and the environement, documentary film festivals, newspapers
live on the seashore and been involved with it my whole life
I saw propaganda produced by the government
the governments reactions to emergencies
Has seen questionable amounts of practices with boats at different times.
chopping down of the forest on the shoreline where he lives
Rarely ever covered on front page news, unless related to an incident or crisis. Deeper issues not covered. The public is not well educated, and unles
Container ships ended up all over the ocean and nothing has been done to address the lean-up.
the government lack of understanding about the marine
when a boat sunk off the Queen Charlottes and there was oil spillage and nothing was done until weeks and weeks later
Accidents that have been happening in the last number of years.
huge tankers going through the strait of Georgia that are endangering orcas
Coast guard has been cut back and moved around, and no longer as effective. Oil recovery system is majorly effected by something like that, and the cu
Dwindling fish stock, shipping container overboard.
They want increase the amount of oil going in the seas<br />The construction of pipeline<br />They allow the fishers to have license
General horrendous things such as an Oil spill
all the oil tankers that are possibly coming out of Vancouver and heading to the far east
I am on pacific coast in British Columbia and, there a lot of whales and dolphins and lot of cargo ships. I think ship-lands can be made to better pro
herring fishery --- herring has disappeared because they've been fished too much
my husband's death at sea brought a lot issues to light
The coast guard just reached 60 years and we have a coast guard stationed here on Vancouver Island and they are very competent. There is also the Mari
I just try to keep up with what's going on.
Not very scientific, just general feeling.
living on the west coast, everyone contributes including coast guard
the spills (I was concerned about those)
was on the water a few times and had all her gears checked
The weather in the North coast makes shipping impossible...
there needs to be more efforts in rescue, everything is almost independent and minimally funded.
The activities during the storm and emergencies. They take forever to help and do not monitor the abuse of the fishermen but they bother first nations
I live 5 mins from the beach and I have seen the the stuff that washes on the shore, or the sewage that gets dumped. The beach is clean mostly but see
Coastal waters between BC and Washington and Canada is doing worse job than the US.
Killer whale population in the inside passage (vancouver island), concerned about well-being, boating out near the whales, big ships going through the
because you call them and it takes hours to get here
A runaway barge in the inlet. A container ship lost containers near Victoria and they were on fire. Many are lost at sea daily, who knows what's in th
husband is very active on the coasts of british colombia, information comes from him
More needs to be done to clean up the waterways, I think more education needs to be available so that the average person in Canada is aware of polluti
Un system comme celui-la existe de bonne fois dans le but de proteger.
Je vois de mes yeux le fleuve st-laurent et les mesure prisent par le gouvernement du Canada
Je fait confiance au gouvernement maitenant que les membres autochtone sont consulte et qu'on a le droit de mettre nos opinions.<br /><br />
J'ai entendue parler des baleines echoue sur la rive et des deversement de petrole
Quand j'ai visite d'autre pays c'etais super geniale.<br />
Parce qu'on les appelle pour les avertir des animaux en dangers, ils ne bougent pas. Ils ne font rien
J'habite a coter du fleuve, le soucie est que quand on pas besoin d'aide et que l'on appel un numéro d'aide il y'a que des personne qui parle anglais
-les baleines qui sont tapees par les navires
-transports du petrol constitue un danger pour l'eau
ma fille prend le "ferry" et ca fonctionne bien
Les animaux qui meurent et les plastiques qu'ils ramassent dans les oceans
Il ya une traverse dans la region ou j'habite.
1, je demeure au long du fleuve st laurent, 2 mon terrain privee va jusqu'au flueve et on dois utiliser les transports mairitime pour se rendre
ils faut faire attention au bouteilles de plastique qui viennent du large sur la plage
Le fleuve st-laurent est bien protege<br />
In my workplace we notice that they are stressors from carbon and possible pesticides (there's a lot of pesticides that leak in the river)
The plan in Nova Scotia to put salt water in the wrong place plus the gas explorations and boats and the whales
Courriel d' une organisation qui s'appelle " Au Secours"
On a besoin des maritimes et on a besoin de l'eau pour traverser. C est tres important
mon mari travail a Shell<br />les eaux usee deverse dans le fleuve<br />
Je navigue moi-meme sur le fleuve<br />J'abite tout pret des parcs marins<br />je vois ce qui ce passe sur le fleuve
confiance au systeme electronique du guidage des bateaux et autres outils de navigation
j'ai l'impression que ce n'est pas bien respecter pas les usagers
Voyage sur le bateau pour allez a ma destination a l'interieure du Canada.
Je ne suis pas vraiment inspirer sur la maritime
La securite maritime me semble etres bien.
when i go down to the old port at Montreal i watch them and they seem to be very knowledgeable
in the reserve, the marine environment in not clean.
-the shipping and fishing practices in Nova Scotia should be better.<br />-the practices around snow and waste removal and their impact on waterways.
they are working on developing the st Lawrence seaways and create a connection between the st Lawrence seaway and river.
it's the community our community is doing everything to protect the shorelines and the whole area in general
whenever there is an accident or spill, I get very upset, it's because of lack of surveillance.
The water in ships is contaminated and we cant even swim and drink it
Les Bateaux passent trop vite,beaucoup de pollution
on vit dans une zone cotiere tres a risque, il y a des demarches entreprises pour proteger la population
- Les histoires des baleines, et j'habite dans une zone cotiere,<br />avec le rechauffement de la planete, les consequences sur les baleines sont enco
government has started to protect sperm and black whale population
j'ai un bateau donc je m'y connais umpeu. j'ai aussi des parents et amis qui sont gardes côtier. et de plus je suis pécheurs a mes heures perdu. (hobb
witnesses of 6 tracks of disiel destroying the water
il ya des accident ya pas beaucoup secrute et de suveillance
genuinely safe but sometimes the incrustations may be lacking and natural hazards make it unsafe.
stories from her elders, parents and grandparents
Canada and the U.S spent a lot of money fixing the Detroit river; it is a lot better. The shipping channels are better.
Oil spills (lots lately), illegal dumping, motor boats fuel spills
Marine rescue mostly done by us coast guard and not canadian
personal experience of being boater in 30years
Degree in marine biology, hear things about shipping and boats.
New program for the vessels that are standing by for cleaning up oil spills and I have seen the drills for clean up. At least I know they're trying.
How the BC fairies has handled the pandemic...
non-governmental organizations that he believes are credible
My general knowledge of boating and knowing what goes on when I'm out in the environment
Any emergency. (They are not ready for emergencies.)<br />
Container ships broke free off Vancouver Island that are leaking and have run ashore. The company is working with the government to remove it but it's
I used to sail a lot and I was on the water a lot.
dont think standards are up to place not foing enough to prevent issues on oil wtc
The pipeline affects the water because it seeps into the ground and it goes into into our soil and it goes into the natural water supply that we have
I can look out in the bay and I can see our boats going over.
Lives beside a lake that is well taken care of.
refineries are pumping waste into the water.
seen a lot of garabage coming up on the shores
The shipment sent out on the fish farms.
the individual has a boat so he's aware of boat safety. he also notice that big fishing boats cause a lot of problems.
It comes about to profit over anything else. I am not sure that they would put environment before profits.
Just the oil spills and issues with offshore industry.
response time, poor infrastructure, bad shape vessels
There's not enough in the news, that's why I'm just moderately aware.
Concerned about the age of marine vessels and search and rescue efforts.
slowing the ships down on the news so they don't hit whales, sewer treatment plant dumping into the bay
Precautions they have taken with respect to whales.
Fisher in Newfoundland is getting low due to the fact that the seals are eating the fish and not getting rid of them
Shipping issues along the coast, oil spills and garbage along the coast.
Le répondant ne comprend pas comment englober la question concernant la sécurité maritimes.
Deflection des egouts dans les rivieres<br />Pourquoi le gouvernement a le droit de le faire et pas nous?
my position involves this specific topic quite often
few coast guard and ice breakers.<br />cruise ships not too bad.<br />sea lifts supplies have to go to the arctic and it is risky.
not monitoring northern passage and dont know about it
not very aware about marine safety in canada
The mines in Baffin Island are in bad condition. Dust all over the Tundra.
government in general, we have a huge coast line and small coastal ontrol. The government doesn't have the scope. Here there's not a lot of resource
My classmates are environment technicians with a college diploma on commercial fishing vessels in Nunavut. They have experience they told me about.
I know the coast guard is out and about. They're there for safety and environmental.
hunting the white beluga should be minimum
The mining industry is destructing our lakes
Poor statute regulations in relation to practices, poor response and remedial availability in arctic areas, insufficient oversight and enforcement in
I don't have enough knowledge about it to be more confident.
Personal reports I've had from NL about how the Canadian government has responded to emergencies,
we are raised to protect waters and animals, to look after the water and to respect the water and the land.
Because I've never traveled on a ship before, so I have no confidence in the industry
We signed a lot of agreement with the government protecting our land and marine waters and given the tools to do so. There have been three mammal pr
seen land get ruined from mining companies
We've just bee having the Nunavit Inpact Review. It's to do with the Baffin Island Mine Project, the shipping and don't feel that Transport Canada is
Where I live there's mining corporations where you see lots of ships passing by
The South makes rules that are not good for our land in Nunavut
we have ships going in the community and nothing bad ever happened throughout my lifetime.
I don't think we have a marine security system here, it's just Inuits looking for each other.
The passing of Imanga : the marine protected area
My line of work(I do land management in Nunavut).
There is a lack of coast services and ice breaking services in the Arctic.
The government of Canada's history of taking advantage of the land.
I worked on a coast guard. When I saw the crew working together they looked very committed and I felt very secure with them.
Arctic safety with Russian invasion, I was in Resolute Bay and I saw Russian submarines there. If we don't defend soveregnty we will lose it. Ghost g
In our territory we had a hundred million dollar agreement with the government of Canada to protect our water in the high arctic.
Heard of issues with oil that was not relayed to the public.
North Shore drilling, and restrictions in the Arctic for cruise ships
I have concern about our ability to respond to things like oil spills in the arctic in winter. I'm just not sure that we have a good plan in place.
a couple of years ago there was a guy from New Zealand who tried to get through the Northwest Passage. He was warned not to do this. Volunteers that w
Start making the marine habitats more safe, make the oceans more habitable
fishermen lost at sea, abandoned boats, whale and ship collisions
has seen first hand things pollute the water.
news independent people. family members that works fishing industry
We had a paper mill with quite a problem
The way that the government is controlling the shipping offshore
living close by. It's more of a culture and the way I was raised.
The federal government has not stepped in to resolve pollution in the harbour, they are wanting the provincial government to respond to these issues.
when there's whales, the safety of the whales
not aware of shipping and this kind of thing happening
The government is aware and they know they need to do something and I'm trusting in them.
he took a trip on a coast guard ship and it rolled over but it was never gotten
used to be an engineer on an ocean-going vessel --- the practices of 35 years ago would not be acceptable today
The way they send closures of different areas and different things like that
not happy with everything going on in the marine environment
my son is an engineering doing coop in the ship building industry that's how I have heard most of the information.
Fishermen are not allowed to fish in the area where whales are spotted. The government is trying to protect marine life.
Marine Atlantic the way their employees have to treat dangerous goods going onto the boat
Fish pens where they harvest fish on the coast...
The questions that are raised when there's a marine safety issue, ongoing awareness of the industry and knowledge there needs to be enhanced enforceme
whales, safe practice to previent the whales from being harmed by ships
the fact the government cannot seem to protect the right whales and/or slow down boats that speed.
everything driven by money, which influences boundries. money at the top, do bare minimum, lobbyists again restrictions
experience in talking to other scientists
Within 10miles of lake Erie, so you are seeing the erosion, reduction in fish being caught, and fair amount of pollution that is occuring first hand
programs on Discovery Channels, PBS, National Geographic that keep you informed
Je me fis que le gouvernement a pris ses responsabilités
Je suis insecure quand je fais du kayak et quand il y a des gros bateaux qui arrivent et cree du traffic maritime. Il y a beaucoup d'abus d'alcool, de
Sur le bord du fleuve St-Laurent, les bateaux passent vite quand il y a des evenements et ceci cause des fois une erreur humaine ou organisationnelle.
the Liberal gov banned tankers on the west coast but lets dirty foreign oil tankers on our waterways in the east and well as dump raw sewage into st
Know Individuals who work as Marine Pilots, Marine Masters
General concern with climate change and environmental degradation, based on information from multiple sources
The Government is doing an "OK"job in marine safety not a "GOOD" job, I would say
30 years ago they tried to keep Japanese fishing boats out of their waters.
Just recently British Columbia (BC) Goverment on those ships that spill oil and they didn't clean that up left them. These challenges that we are faci
Recherches universitaires à ce sujet en 2017
My sister is interested in this and I get my information from her
I assume they would do enough but, but i just do not know what they're doing
Vu que mes pratiques maritimes sont tres eloignees, ca serait difficile pour moi de l'utiliser
Aucune connaissances par rapport a la navigation en temps que tel.
les plan d'eau doivent être respecter donc comme quand il faut conduire une véhicule sur la route on exiges de respecter le code de la route il faut d
a lot of marine life getting hit by ship in the st lawrence, we see a lot of fisshing vessels are not the same like shipping
Règles de sécurité et de qualité faisant parties de nos structures et services gouvernementaux (iso&#8230;)
Haven&#8217;t heard about a shipping crash
J&#8217;ai confiance aux organisations gouvernementales
Service militaire incluant temps dans l'arctique.
Mon conjoint est capitaine en sécurité nautique pour la Sûreté du Québec
Comportements d&#8217;utilisateurs sur le fleuve
Connaissance de mon beau père. Lorsque nous sommes en voilier nous parle des eaux
colision sur le fleuve saint laurent 2 gros navire ca c'est bien passer mais aurais paassr mais etre prier
ne fréquente jamais les millieux maritimes
Just what I believe to be Canada's reputation as a maritime nation.
What is happening with Lake Ontario in Torontoio
Some reductions in coast guards in Atlantic provinces
Just the feeling that, when compared to other countries, Canada has more safety codes or laws that would keep our waters safe
I don't listen to much news about it but I know there is a system of some sort
past problems, rhetoric, corporate interest, lack of trust
My general feeling of government effectiveness
in our area cruise ships and boats are dumping garbage in the water system, and also the impact on the whales
"no news is good news" -- I expect if there were major concerns I would have heard
It is my expectation that the government would see to this.
Informed awareness of right whale research
Visits to costal areas/ my own minor research
Family member works for fisheries and oceans
Historically, humans have not shown to reliability protect the environment.
My brother is a fisherman, so I hear from him
Terrible what happens to lobster , fish , and medicinal plants
Observation des structures mise en place et les efforts fait dans le Nord au niveau de la navigation.
Lack of any visible marine patrol and monitoring.
Pratique la pêche / permis d&#8217;embarcation de plaisance
Reports by industry associations, governments, and NGOs
Canadaland - Commons Podcast on the Canadian resource extraction culture
Disponibilité d'informations et de ressources sur les plateformes en ligne du gouvernement canadien
Liberals are in charge. They mess up everything
General lack of trust that politicians will keep everything safe.
J'ai l'impression que le Canada n'est pas particulièrement bien équipé pour gérer / assurer une sécurité maritime en cas de situation très grave.
the sewers are dumped in the seaway close to Montreal and there's been 4 ships oil leak in my community, and the government is putting money into pock
Au Canada, on est capable de faire de bonnes mesures pour faire tout, j'ai confiance en le gouvernement.
Je ne m'y connais pas beaucoup dans ce domaine.
While in truth I don't know, most things in Canada are handled moderately well.
General level of competence of government enforcement of safety standards
si tout allait bien notre vie maritime ne serait pas aussi mal au point sinon pas autant mal, et 98% des poisson pêchés est envoyer a la chine, il fa
speed limits to protect whales in mating season
Regulations require enforcement. We have not invested in our Navy or Coat Guard in decades. So there is no enforcement of regulations.
international shipping is introducing exotic species into our great lakes, so the measures to protect the ecosystems when it comes to checking ships n
BC media about the whales and the cleaning of the water to make it a better place
The increased enforcement of recreational boaters...
Did my PhD at Dalhousie and there was some work done in this area that I was aware of
Just a personal opinion, I haven't seen or read much about it.
My husband is a lobster fisherman and we have lost a lot of friends to just poor equipment and slow response time from the coast guard.
a cause des informations environmentales que je connais (peche non reglementee, diminution des populations marines, etc)
We used to have freight from Lewisport coming in to Newfoundland but now shipping charges are extremely high because now they drive them from Goose Ba
I teach environemnt studies at my high school so I read a lot about environment but not marine safety.
the way that the government works too much bureaucracy in the decision making They don't talk to the people that know.
polution et deversement dans la eaux<br />
Incident in community south of me where there was diesel spill...
knowledgeable about the new coast guard boat in port hardy
In the 80s, commercial fishing was not controlled and now the wild salmon population is diminished...
Transféré centre de sauvetage de Quebec a Halifax (Le manque de billinguisme,les francophones ne sont pas servi dans leurs langue maternelle).
the amount of gear that's pulled out of the ocean
-les paneaux de signalisations dans la zone cotiere sont banalises.
I don&#8217;t often hear about Canadian tragedies en route through our shipping channels.
Local people and concerns with our lake.
Fresh water governing agencies, have taught OAC and Gr 12 Advanced Fresh Water Issues course in public secondary school
I noticed the environmental issues are being tackled by them, which is important to me
Marine activity is frequent here, and there are always issues regarding the standards of safety requirements. They need to improve
I worked in the offshore environment for a few years.
I work in the marine industry. Personal experience
personal experiences, coast guard/navy are excellent.
I know some people who work in the fisheries and on boats. I know a person who was killed in a fishing boat accident last year.
Foreign ships are allowed to come here to fish in our waters. Bi-catch is thrown away, thousands and thousands of pounds of it.
Current laws and the practices of private industry.
Too much dependence on oil. Also, the tanker/freighter that tipped in the Juan de Fuaca strait last month and then caught on fire due to chemicals on
Looking at the shipping routes on line for increased oil tankers around the tip of Vancouver Island
I&#8217;ve heard Increased shipping from the transmountain pipeline will kill of all remaining orcas in BC
The various governments in Canada are utterly corrupt and hopelessly incompetent in every way. There is no reason to trust them with anything.
A general trust for Canada that the people responsible for that stuff know what they're doing.
I appreciated the recent investment in new coast guard ships I heard about
I don't live near an ocean and don't hear anything about marine disasters or population decimations.
The Government of Canada in general is incompetent
Thew dump raw sewage into the St-Lawrence and on the BC coast
Family lives on the coast and they watch the ships daily, they inform me.
All of Quebec dumping their sewage into the St. Lawrence river...
Other surveys I&#8217;ve done regarding fishing, etc
Client doesn't like the ban on seal industry. They are affecting other fish industries.
Parce que c' est gerer par le gouvernement
I have always felt that way. And in the news.
oil spill in Vancouver took them forever to take care of it
I go out on the ocean quite frequently, I see the salmon "net farms". The "dead zones" around them are quite alarming.
I don't see too many negative feedback on the coastal lines
the containers that washed ashore on Vancouver Island
La securite maritime est prise au serieux au Canada donc j'ai confiance.
Following the ocean's protection plan and purchase of new coast guard and rescue ship.
the reduction in ship speed of the protection of the great whale, changing of the finishing areas and season in protection of the great whale.
the boating course or safety course that you take for your boating license I guess
work at the waterfront has seen shipping , fishing, doubling limits
c'est pas tres evident que les patrouilles de securite maritime sont efficaces
just the speed limits that they did for boating
I'm in the tourism industry in boat charter so I'm well aware of Transport Canada's guidelines.
Marine markers not being replaced in a timely manner...
The waters are at their breaking points. Any major incident could be catastrophic.
My experience in boating and the regulations
Nobody is allowed to clean up the coastal water and shorelines. There are many containers in the ocean and they don't do anything about it
I fish on my boat and see in person evidence of different practices and there out comes
I'm the daughter of a lightkeeper, who grew up on the lights. Decommissioning the lights was one of the worst things the gov't could have done.
I live on the west coast and we just had a shipping container dump its contents and it washed up on our beaches. They were full of toxic materials.
What's going on in Newfoundland with the fishermen. They were saying the first nations have too many rights
The shipping containers that fell in the oceans and the company has not taken responsibility...
had to be rescued by Marine Search & Rescue
Because I don't think it's well enforced. I don't think that we have enough ships in the water
I didn't give them a 5 because there's always room for improvement
There's a big barge in the ocean and nobody can move it. No one is doing anything about it
Actual projects that my friends are working on at this time, what they are showing me.
Assumption based on Federal Gov't policy and trends.
Family members have suffered from oil spills in Hartley Bay recently, first hand information. Bella Bella also. My family are fishermen so we monitor
I have seen possible dangers when earning my livelihood in sea. I have first hand experience of waters. Some crew mates don't follow security measures
Canadian oil tankers are being penalized for going up and down the coast and other foreign tankers are not being scrutinized as much.
I think we have a good system but can never be to content. Mistakes and errors happen. Things like the Marathassa show there are issues.
I've seen transport canada defer to bc ferries and lloyds of london insurance
LNG plants on the coast and pipeline to the coast
I grew up on the ocean in a fishing family
General level of Canadian conservation efforts.
Containers fall off barges and Styrofoam and fridges etc are floating around. Everything is leaking oil. Our world is dying
I am concerned about wildlife in ocean, I know there are ships going around with huge amount of oil, I just want it to be safe and not cause any spill
ship on the west coast that potentially polluted the west coast
From the pollution i saw in supposed pristine areas, obviously its not taken care of properly
the occurrence of oil spills on Canada's coast line
personal observations when living on the West coast
Ship strikes on whales and sea mammals and other animals caught in fishing gear
I believe governments respond only to issues that get public attention. Our marine environments have got none, therefore governments have not acted
Our Coast Guard is not well equipped and their ships are old
Influx of Zebra mussels from other rivers. Algae blooms
The facilities they offer, public should be aware of it. They should create awareness about it.
bilge water dumping that has brought an infestation of Zebra Mussels, too many whale strikes, the use of sonar, the continued decimation of the 10th l
My own thoughts of shipping oil thru the Arctic, they don't have capacity to deal with a spill
I have a child who works for Oceans and Fisheries...
I can see what happens in nature in my area.
ship wreaks along the coast unaddressed for years
more value towards capitalism to the point where we ignore the environment
Based on experiences (personal conversations with people)
We had a cruise ship wreck in our region and the Coast Guard was able to rescue from the ship.
I don't have a lot of information on it so I can't make a firm decision in either direction.
My education in earth sciences and my friends in the marine shopping industry
I lived on PEI and saw how fishermen, lobster, clam, etc. we&#8217;re regulated. I was impressed!
les ronds marin impact le changement climatique
pour éviter des accident qui on un certain impacte sur la faune et la flore maritime par exemple un déversement de pétrole.
I see foraging oil products being shipped up between Vancouver island and the mainland. I don't support this or the pipeline near the area
observations growing up in the 1000 islands area
I don&#8217;t feel confident in the current government doing anything productive
For many years worked for a company who had a lot of seaway and Great Lakes involvement
Problems with whales in the St. Lawrence Seaway, Lobster Fishing in NS. Salmon Fishing in BC, etc.
experience as a former board member of a conservation authority
Understanding and feeling of the current state
Lack of faith in the commitment of our FEDERAL government to this (and many other issues)many
People that work in the shipping industry(dock-workers).
I have not heard of issues so no news is good news in that respect
past experience dealing with shipping on the great lakes
During the native fisheries incident with the lobster fishermen, the minister disappeared and seemed to just refuse to deal with the issues. This grea
Canadian government tends to be functional
From a fisheries perspective, I am not sure of fisheries sustainability...and waste water management...
Il-y-en a qui font pas attention.<br />Le pris du permis de navigation sur les lacs par entremise des autres.
A number of years ago in my community, a ship that was being towed in the harbour broke loose and ran aground. It had to be disassembled on the island
j'ai entendu parler d'un probleme avec la garde cotiere qui avait deplacer des services, causant probleme dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent
News about big oil spills in the gulf of Mexico.
Manque de respect de la vie sous-marine de la part des industries petrolières.
the pipeline they want to put in on the coastline in BC I think there's two of them there they want to install, 1 expanding near Burnaby and 1 they'r
the way the government is not always aware
j"ai suivi les accidents maritimes qui ce sont passe
The white whales and the rules and regulations in that territory on the Atlantic coast
Souvent il 'y'a des accidents en sous de l'eau.
It&#8217;s not a priority for business or government
Knowledge about the way we manage other transportation methods
I watched some pretty damning docs about this issue on TVO
General impression of the Canadian government
I believe in Canadian standards of safety and regulations in general.
Lack of trust in the Canadian Government, Greed of Directors and people in charge
concerned about the capacity to respond to safety and environmental hazards.
I would be more confident if there is an improvement of the shipment.
i don't like the amount of lobbyists against the common person, and inter-government disagreements happening
I thought we we're doing more than we actually are
A barge was left on English Bay in Vancouver for weeks/ a container ship dropped many containers into the ocean off of Vancouver Island. Response =0
Local shore keepers; witness dead whales on beach; city partners
My scientific knowledge of impact on the fish, or lack of, that can be caught; fewer whales and marine animals; and more
promises by Christy Clark to have "world class protection", then no follow up, no standards or criteria. Closure of Coast Guard base!
Incidents like lost shipping containers off BC coast
Vancouver Port wants to expand a lot and will destroy wetlands around the area.
The risk of increased oil tanker traffic
Just what i would assume or expect from my government
Watching shipping on thWatching shipping on the Burrard inlet
We've had a lot of ships that sit outside of Vancouver and they're not making any movements. Why? They're affecting the views of the ocean, polluting
Noise from ships not taken into account for marine life, Massive die off of invertebrates in the heat dome, last summer, shipping LNG & Bitumen
I fail to see words in actions, Indigenous consultations resepecting when it doesn't align with the government's agenda, glossy over Indigenous people
Observed 2021 coastal marine safety exercises
I am a marine biologist, so I am pretty involved in this stuff.
cause des déversements de petrol mais je suis pas tres informée donc je ne veux pas trop m&#8217;avancer
Assumption re Canada that things are ~ safe
General knowledge about canadian environmental standards
I don't read about a lot of shipping mishaps
A previous Ekos survey on this topic had some information on this
General faith that legal system, gov't & interested parties have taken steps to draft & apply appropriate regulations
Used to work as part of a law enforcement group on the St. Lawrence river
i'm sure i would have heard on the news if there was a problem
From what I know about regulations for shipping and boating
BC government willingness to go ahead with LNG in marine habitats
I worked in Marine transport and knew about deregulation
Knowledge of enforcement actions and practices
My husband keeps me informed. He reads the Natl Post.
Marine related regulations. (ex.ample but not limited to these: https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/marine-regulations)
Watching experts on ParlVu give evidence to government bodies.

Where do you recall hearing about Canada's Oceans Protection Plan?
conversation with politions regarding our need to shore up funding
aboriginal governement (b.c federation) indegineous advisory monitoring comitty
heard the announcement at the coastal first nations
Dans une Conference de la part du gouvernement du Canada
I've been involved in a commity about marine safety system
protection along fraser blockage seminar
Suzuki Foundation, Teen Prosperity Canada Newsletter, local MP
at work for the federal government and committee meetings
workshop put on by place of work in college(Oceans Network Canada)
Work - International Energy Company transporting energy products internationally
used to work with fisheries in oceans in gasbay
Émission qui parle de l'environnement et l'écologie au Canada tel que La semaine verte
L' universite de Rimouski (programme en oceanographie)
reportage Découverte ou la semaine verte
J&#8217;ai malheureusement travaillé sur certain projets du OPP en anglais
News on CBC and we receive documentation in mail from fisheries and oceans canada.
people talking about issue that concern them, it comes up
MNO Website, literature and notifications (Metis literature)
new stories online from credible sources
I work in O & G so I am aware of our shipping problems
Through govt website and invitations to participate.
I vaguely remember seeing an ad while taking a ferry
I am a recreational fisherman and fishing guide(Sportfishing Advisory Board).
news articles on the internet, e.g. Apple News
I was the candidate interviewed for the management role
speaking with researchers and related research papers such as off gassing of bitumen
I sat in on a few government planning meetings.
From a previous Ekos survey on this exact subject
Watching broadcasts of parliamentary committees online.

What do you recall hearing about the Plan?
Im aware about the work that they do in general.
public meeting enhance oil spills capcity
It was there. (heard about it a few years ago)
inadequate policy that made it weak as to the distribution of the money
Criticism of it from various sources, mostly from personal communication
Plan to monitoring oil cargo ships and some enhacements of responsibility fr oil spils
The individual hear about how they plan to control pollution of the marine.respose time to polution
Plan is being put into place with a centre in Ninimo...
what they were going to do and how much money they were going to waste
Removing fish farms from the West Coast.
Cost...disappointment in what it would not do...
managing waiting vessels who sit in southern gulf islands waterways before going to Vancouver
money was given towards creating marine sanctuaries
They are throwing great deal of money whether they were changing anything or not, I am not sure.
About how they were going to introduce the plan and put into practice
It wasn't enough according to respondent
I do not remember anything specific, only the activation that was being focused on.
They have built a center within 1 kilometer of my house
protect 20% of coastal areas, monitoring and response MPA, research
cleaning up the coastlines of derelict boats and fishing gear
that it's in place and another beurocracy thing that probably wouldn't do much
les mesures des sensibilsations et prevention
nos pecheurs canadiens netais pas assez protege que les pecheurs exterieurs on trop d'acces facile
la protection des animaux, la peche, les baleine echouer sur la rive.
Les mesures de protection contre les deversements et preservation de la faune marine.
rechuffement des eaux, protections des baleines
How they try to save the ocean from oil spills.
La protection des rives, protection des mammifere marin, loi de vitesse
proteger les oceans et reduire les effets negatif
les protections par rapport aux baleines noires sur le saint Laurent
controle du poisons, conservation maritime, protections des belugas
mise a niveau des navires de surveillence, surveillence plus accrus des intemperies, allertes
des bateaux qui se rendaient au grand nord pour patrouiller et proteger l'arctique
protection pour les ours polaires, la glace et le milieu arctique
Government trying to protect the wildlife and the fishery
they have so much money to fix the waters
they were going to look into clearing the waters
il y a des programmes, mais j'ai entendu vaguement
ils ont demande de ralentir la vitesse des croisieres pour proteger les baleines
il surveillez et yavais des tests faits pour la qualite de l'eau
discussion on funding allocated for dikes and flood control, pipeline safety regarding oil spills
coordination component and first nations
putting money towards it (not seeing results)
general things about the ocean protection plan
allocating money so that people in coastal areas can participate in the planning and implementation
Deversement dans l'ocean indient, platforme exploser au mexique
-controle des allers retours sur la voie maritime, restrictions, etc.
partnership with the government of Nunavut
spend a bunch of money to protect the oceans, a bunch of areas
Partnerships with indigenous peoples, actions towards oil spills, etc.
settibg up training programs in the area. Picking up garbage
target of 10% of canadian waters have to be protected by a certain date
the amount invested for multiple projects
discussion around what the plan was and feedback
increase the protective area, more population control
the gear for fisherman will be made out of diff material
Victoria BC is dumping raw sewage into the ocean
Government using plan to curtail and kill oil industry
The stategy of the Ocean's Protection Plan.
quelque chose par rapport a proteger les berges contre l'erosion
Stratégie classe mondiale navires citernes
supposed to have a marine protected area near gasbay
The environmental assements said that we would be inspected to ensure that they were no spills
self-serving government propaganda 'woke' virtue signaling narrative about how politicians know bst
increasing size of protected areas, and protecting whales in the St-Lawrence
exclusion zones to shut fishing areas to preserve coastline, ruining fisheries
Les zones de protection mise en place dans le fleuve St Laurent
Increasing testing, marine water monitoring for pollutants
Mais ces initiatives ne sont pas suffisantes
Lack of real depth to the issue. A lot of lip service
grants and loans/financial assistance to businesses in community and to reserves
Changes in lobster equipment, keeping logbooks & documents, not going out at certain times of season
contruction of new tugs, new vessels for clean up
how much money they were going to invest in it
had to be international ships(oil spills)
Haidagawaii tribes in BC (I think) were upset at the government for disturbing their fragile land
Just a bunch of lies to cover up nothing being done
How they plan to waste a bunch of taxpayers money
SAW AND HERD ABOUT PROTECTING COSTAL ENVIRONMENT
Government is too focused on finding a social issue with what is in place already
marine pollution and several freights bargain ongoing issues
Debloquement de budget pour mettre en oeuvre les actions du Plan de Protection
shoreline cleanups,protecting mammals and whales
Cutting idle-time for boat engines, reducing speed for ships near killer whale herds.
Planning for how to better protect oil spills and marine protected area's
The amount of money being invested and goals and purpose of it.
I recall the government failing Indigenous fishers in mass numbers, especially in BC and NS.
That they were going to spend alot of money
The Government spending tons of money again with no real plan.
The government isn't doing enough with foreign fishing vessels
Working with Indigenous people to protect Canada's coastline - friends live on reserve
About the pipelines that were coming into BC from Alberta
I heard that there was not enough funding to finish some of the projects.
Govt eliminating lighthouse attendants and then returning some
One section is Marine Protected Areas(MPAs), it is a concern(it directly affects sportfishing).
some contraversy about how effective it would be
Government plans to spend a bunch of money to accomplish nothing
Negative results on east coast lobster, nothing was done for Natives, only White people
exporting oil thru Trans Mtn pipeline to export to Asia instead of USA. LNG port
limiter vitesse bateau a cargaisons et eviter les infrastructres pret habitat naturel animaux marin
That they can swap credits for the international agreement
internet headlines that it's not moving as fast as it should be and negatively impacting native Amer
how they are forcing small fishermen to buy these expensive systems they dont want and can afford.
That ships are not going to sail certain time of the year and vessels to be slowed down other time.
Vaguely that a new plan was in place, not details.
That most of that money hadn&#8217;t been spent and is still sitting in Ottawa
The people i was speaking about it with were saying they didnt think it was detailed enough
lowering the decibels in the water to help the whales, slowing down the ships speed limits
I don't pay much attention tovery often spurious government announcements
Discussions on trying to understand what was going to improve
Entangled jurisdictions waters; streams/rivers; general lack of community awarenes
The emergency response that is based out of YVR south end
Nothing specific just that they had a plan
That they were going to try to put penalties on ships that don't respect certain criteria's
I is not what they said it is what they didn't say, or do.
Government putting more roadblocks in place to discourage expansion and sale of our natural resourse
Government lyting to protect the oil / pipeline industry
an ocean park / sanctuary / ocean biodiversity protected area
Changing shipping lanes, where they can travel along the coast
They only respond when there&#8217;s an issue
Just reading that the Liberal government was fixing the deregulating that Harper did.

If you wanted to know more about Government of Canada programs, regulations and activities to protect Canada's coasts and waterways, where or who would you be most likely to go to for information?
Scientific publecations and the science community.
Pender Ocean Defenders, Orca Rescue Society, Green website
A local info magazine that comes out monthly with local events, information, similar to newspaper.
I will start with Academic community in the university or scientific publications.
local band council, chief and council, local government
Coast Guard website oil spills information
Indegenous People, lots of them are my friends
Government Services of British Colombia.
S'adresser a des responsables de programme.
des rencontres directe ou des zoom avec les habitants concerne par les problemes, deputes
documentaires, et autres sources accessibles pour les non-voyant comme moi
Pamphlets d'informations visant la protection des littoraux et des voies navigables du Canada.
les sites gouvernementaux (malheureusement ils sont tres complique)
je ne peux pas chercher de l'information, je suis malade.
The environment of Canada in the reserve.
approach the company environmental officer environmental manuals, environmental plan
Online, on the government of canada website.
ministry of natural resources, coast guard
my uncle who deals with Indigenous environment because he travels around the world.
South Nation Conservation -- government agency
Federal Fisheries and Canadian Coast Guard
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nunavut Water Board, municipal govt., employer-fishing industry
local Inuit organization, Department of Fisheries website
Marine biologists anywhere around the world
talk to Coastguard, hunters, wildlife officers, elders
Speak to protesters or people with a strong point of view about this issue.
the Government of Canada representitive MLA
his own experience would make him want to know more about the issue
Universités, chercheurs et leurs publications ex UQO
Transport Canada website, fisheries and oceans npo
Émission de télé comme découverte ou autre documentaire
Search scholarly databases to read research on the topics
My college's librarian (so that I could find official, credible resources)
If I know someone with knowledge on the subject
Indigenous advocacy groups and grassroots land defenders, local and from other areas
bases de donnees disponibles sur l'environment
Sister & brother- in-law worked for Canadian Coastguard
The depart of fisheries and oceans or Prince Edward island fishermans association
mes organisations locales de chasse et peche
our local lady with the Oceans Protection Plan - meeting every few months
Provincial Ministry of Resources, local hatchery
local first nations communities in my area
Academics, Directly from politicians, or from activist organizations.
Canadian Coast Guard (my brother in law works there)
no where because what they say and do and different
The Coast Guard, friends who work with Rapid Response(HAZMAT).
The relevant acts and regulations of Parliament on the subject.
Dept of Fisheries and Oceans (not website)
Des Organismes gouvernementaux et écologiques.
Coast Guard Auxilliary Unit in my community
local federal government representative, or CLOCA
The Suziki foundation and the green party
Local/ regional elected officials office
I would be confused as to where to look.
Some local non-profit organizations(some plant seaweed in the ocean and help out where they can).
I will be bombarded with industry propaganda anyways
scientists who are not working for Environment Canada or DFO (eg. Alexandra Morton)
Our Hereditary Chiefs and Knowledge Keepers

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Where's the comment section. The govt shud ban all no environmentally friendly products!