Damien Gillis on the CFUN Talk 1410 Dave Brindle Show: click here to listen (MP3)

Op-ed piece by Damien Gillis in the Campbell River Courier-Islander: It's time to say enough is enough 

Excerpt: "It was to my horror that I read Mary Ellen Walling's callous take on the Chilean Crisis I had just witnessed. Walling told the Vancouver Sun: 'Prices are up 10 to 15 per cent over the past six months because of the lack of product in the marketplace...It's good for the B.C. industry because we've got good, solid prices moving forward...There's a significant lack of Chilean product in the U.S. market. It's a great opportunity [for B.C. salmon farmers], but we can't take advantage of it. B.C. is home to a range of anti-salmon-farming groups. [Their] campaign has delayed opportunities for the industry to expand.'

"Having witnessed firsthand the plight of the Chilean people and environment, this kind of statement is sheerly appalling in its ignorance and selfishness."

View the photo essay by Damien Gillis from his recent tour of the environmental and socio-economic devastation the Chilean salmon farming industry.