Media are invited to participate in a teleconference with Brigadier-General Colin Keiver, Commander of Joint Task Force-Iraq (JTF-I). JTF-I is responsible for the national command and control of the approximately 850 personnel deployed under Operation IMPACT and for the coordination of operations with the Global Coalition headquarters.
Vancouver, BC – The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will announce the designation of a new marine National Wildlife Area, the first protected marine area established under the Canada Wildlife Act. A second announcement will be made by Shell Canada regarding a significant contribution the company is making to marine conservation off coastal British Columbia.
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, will make an important announcement in support of the forest industry. A media availability will follow.
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, today announced Dr. Sarah Gallagher of Western University as the first Science Advisor to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).