[Photograph of Glen Clark, Herb Dhaliwal, and other guests at a B. C. salmon fishing industry conference]

Photograph of Glen Clark, former premier of British Columbia (B.C.), and Herb Dhaliwal, former cabinet minister, among other unidentified individuals, at a political awareness event pertaining to the Pacific Salmon Treaty and the salmon fishing industry in B.C.

The Pacific Salmon Treaty is an agreement between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America concerning Pacific Salmon. The treaty ensures both countries receive equal benefits regarding the production of salmon.

Glen Clark served as Premier of British Columbia from February 1996 to August 1999. He was Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations from November 1991 to September 1993 and Minister of Employment and Investment from September 1993 until February 1996. Clark was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1986 to represent the constituency of Vancouver-East. In the 1991 and 1996 general elections, he was re-elected to represent the constituency of Vancouver-Kingsway. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a master's degree in community and regional planning from the University of British Columbia. Before entering politics, Clark worked in the labour movement and as a natural resource policy consultant.

A businessman and politician, Herb Dhaliwal was elected in 1993 representing the federal riding of Vancouver South. In 1997 he was re-elected and appointed Minister of National Revenue, and became the first South Asian to hold a senior cabinet ministerial position in a Western democracy. In 1999, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and in 2002 Minister of Natural Resources for BC.