Otto Langer Unleashes on Salmon Inquiry, DFO, Harper on Eve of Report
I often noted half way through the Cohen Commission hearings in Vancouver in 2011 that I would not hold my breath for the Cohen Commission to make any real impact…
Otto Langer
Harper Wasting No Time Slashing DFO Habitat Jobs as Notices go out to Staff
According to Otto Langer, the former senior DFO scientist and manager who first blew the whistle on Stephen Harper’s plan to gut the Fisheries Act, the job cuts associated with…
Jet Fuel Tankers in Fraser River Would Put Critical Fish Habitat at Risk
The retired federal fisheries biologist and senior manager who blew the whistle on the Harper Government’s plan to gut the Fisheries Act, Otto Langer, is now raising the alarm on…
Otto Langer Responds to Fisheries Minister’s Defence of Plan to Gut Fisheries Act
I cannot believe that it is the Jamboree Campground or drainage ditches/streams on a few farms that is the issue that has motivated the attempted elimination of habitat from the…
Veteran Fisheries Scientist Warns Harper Government to Water Down Habitat Protections in Omnibus Bill
I have just been leaked a confidential copy of proposed changes to the habitat provisions of the Fisheries Act as directed by the political levels within the Harper Government. The…