First Nations Fisheries Council
| The Golden Rule is that whoever holds the wealth or financial power dictates how things are done. So follow the money to find out who is deciding the agenda. There are two primary factors involved, who are they getting funding from and who they are funding. |
The issue of funding by both the BC NDP and Federal Liberals would not be an issue if the funding actually went to the named projects, but instead its become a money laundering operation to fund radical environmentalists.
Government of British Columbia
| $2 million, 2026–2029 — B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, for fisheries, water, aquatic ecosystems, coastal health and joint planning. | $8.625 million, 2023 — FNFC’s half of the Province’s $17.25-million wild-salmon investment: $7.5 million shared equally with the Pacific Salmon Foundation plus another $2.25 million to FNFC. |
| B.C. also funds particular FNFC initiatives, including the Salmon Resiliency Fund and Climate Emergency Fund administered with the Indigenous Stewardship Fund. |
Government of Canada
| $8,143,577, 2025–2030 — DFO’s Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative (PICFI). | $1,490,025, 2023 — DFO Aboriginal Aquatic Resource and Oceans Management Program (AAROM). |
| $945,000, 2011 — DFO funding to FNFC. | $857,720 and $962,720, 2016 — two DFO agreements with FNFC. |
| $321,210 in 2013 and $160,605 in 2015 — DFO funding to FNFC on behalf of the Pacific Salmon Commission. | $100,000 + $80,000 in 2019–20 — Environment and Climate Change Canada funding for aquatic-species-at-risk engagement and Indigenous-knowledge workshops. |
| $3,000 in 2024 — Transport Canada’s Community Participation Funding Program for Oceans Protection Plan engagement. |
Here us where it all goes wrong.
 Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia |
BC Freshwater Legacy Initiative |
LUSH Charitable Giving |
| Sitka Foundation |
Vancouver Foundation |
B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – BC NDP Goverment |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada – Federal Liberal Government |
 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
McConnell Foundation |
- Land Back: The council works to advance and defend Aboriginal Title, Rights, and Treaty Rights regarding fisheries, oceans, and freshwater.
- Priority Access over Candians: To uphold First Nations’ priority access to fisheries for food, social, and ceremonial purposes, as well as economic opportunities.
The crux of funding without accountability is that the money becomes a ways and means to rob Canadians of what we own, using our own money to do it.
As with all these groups, money is shuffled under the table to radical environmentalist and groups.
Our mandate was given to us by BC First Nations through the BC First Nations Fisheries Action Plan (2007), ratified by the participants at the 2009 Fall Fisheries Assembly in Nanaimo BC, and endorsed by resolution of the BC Assembly of First Nations, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and the First Nations Summit. It is a shared vision on how to effectively achieve progress on First Nations’ goals and priorities, and create transformative change in Pacific fisheries.
Specific funding sources include:
- Government of Canada: The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
- Province of British Columbia: Funding via the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship and the Ministry of Environment.
- Philanthropic & Trust Partners: The Pacific Salmon Foundation, Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, Vancouver Foundation, Sitka Foundation, and the New Relationship Trust.
- Indigenous Organizations: The First Nations Fisheries Legacy Fund.