OTTAWA—The federal government says it has cancelled plans to issue a controversial clam fishing licence to a First Nations company with ties to the Liberal party and several sitting Liberal MPs — including the former fisheries minister. On Feb. 21, Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the deal had been awarded to the Five Nations Clam Co., a company court documents suggest did not initially meet key eligibility requirements spelled out in the government’s tender process. ( Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo )That multimillion-dollar licence was supposed to go to the Five Nations Clam Co., a company court documents suggest did not initially meet key eligibility requirements spelled out in the government’s tender process. The remaining 25 per cent of this year’s total allowable catch “may be made available” to the existing licence holder, the release says. Five Nations is partnered with Premium Seafoods, a non-Indigenous Nova Scotia company whose president is Edgar Samson, the brother of Liberal MP Darrell Samson.

Source: thestar August 11, 2018 16:52 UTC