Minister Catherine McKenna will host the second meeting of the NAFTA Advisory Council on the Environment

Ottawa, Ontario – September 21, 2017 – Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, will participate in a photo op with members of the NAFTA Advisory Council on the Environment, prior to the second meeting of the Council.

Created in August 2017, the ten-member council brings together prominent Canadians from politics, law, and Indigenous groups, and it will advise the Minister of Environment and Climate Change on environmental issues as Canada looks to strengthen environmental protections in a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement.

Event:          Photo Opportunity
Date:            Friday, September 22, 2017
Time:           2:00 p.m. (EDT)
Location:     Centre Block, Suite 433C
                     House of Commons
                     Ottawa, Ontario

Media representatives must register by contacting Media Relations at Environment and Climate Change Canada. The deadline for registration is 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on Friday, September 22, 2017.

Contacts

Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
613-462-5473marie-pascale.desrosiers@canada.ca

Media Relations
Environment and Climate Change Canada
819-938-3338 or 1-844-836-7799 (toll free)
ec.media.ec@canada.ca