Minister Leblanc Announces Commitment to Act on Cohen Commission Recommendations

Media Advisory

August 8, 2016

Vancouver, B.C. – The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will announce the Government of Canada’s commitment to act on the recommendations from the 2012 Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.

Minister LeBlanc will provide important information regarding DFO’s past and future work in implementing the Cohen recommendations.

Media are invited to attend.

Date:                          Tuesday August 9, 2016

Time:                                9:00 a.m.

Location:                    DFO West Vancouver Laboratory
                                 Centre for Aquarium and Environmental Research (CAER)
                                 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC

Directions:                 https://www.google.ca/maps/place/CAER

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dan Bate, DFO Communications
rhq.media@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Phone: 604-775-8809
Cell: 604-209-6225
Patricia Bell

Press Secretary
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
613-992-3474
Patricia.bell@dfo-mpo.gc.ca  

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Hon. Dominic LeBlanc Fisheries and Oceans Canada Nature and Environment Government and Politics