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Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield fights cancer – treatment has begun – has asked to be left out of the next cabinet
Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has asked to be left out of the next cabinet so he can focus on his recovery. Ashfield announced his illness in a letter to constituents on Friday. “Over the past few weeks, I have not been feeling well and, while undergoing tests, doctors discovered that I have a form of cancer called Hodgkin’s lymphoma. continued@cbcnews
Ottawa distances itself from N.S. senator on fishery – Conservative Senator Stephen Greene wrote of “immoral” fleet separation policy
CBCNews – Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield has reaffirmed so-called fleet separation, distancing the federal government from a letter written by a Nova Scotia Conservative Senator that questioned the Atlantic fisheries policy. Early in 2012, the Conservatives issued a white paper on the future of Canada’s commercial fishery that omitted fleet separation, which ensures companies that catch seafood cannot also process it. The future of another policy called owner-operator, which requires fishermen to own the boats that catch fish, was also up in the air. continued
