Government of Canada and Maliseet of Viger First Nation to announce Important Fisheries Agreement

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Grand Chief of the Maliseet of Viger First Nation, Jacques Tremblay, will conclude an important fisheries agreement.

Québec City, Quebec - Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Grand Chief of the Maliseet of Viger First Nation, Jacques Tremblay, will conclude an important fisheries agreement.

Date:                Friday, August 30, 2019
Time:               11:30 a.m. (local time)
Location:        Maliseet of Viger First Nation
                          band office
                          217, rue de la Grève
                          Cacouna, QC G0L 1G0

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Jocelyn Lubczuk
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans
and the Canadian Coast Guard
343-548-7863
Jocelyn.Lubczuk@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Matthew Dillon-Leitch
Director of Communications
Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations   
819-997-0002

Pascal Dubé
Project Manager
Maliseet of Viger First Nation
418-520-7035

Communications Branch
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Quebec Region
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Media.qc@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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Crown-Indigenous Relations and
Northern Affairs Canada
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