| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will make an announcement on plastic pollution. He will be joined by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, and the Member of Parliament for Hull–Aylmer, Greg Fergus.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Terry Duguid, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the Government of Canada has invested $1.9 million over four years in the Nature Conservancy of Canada to conserve species at risk within Manitoba’s endangered tall-grass prairie region. Located in southeastern Manitoba, this area covers 445,628 hectares and supports some of the largest and last remaining tall-grass prairie and associated shallow wetlands, and forest ecosystems in Canada.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Member of Parliament for Sydney—Victoria, Jaime Battiste and the Member of Parliament for Cape Breton—Canso, Mike Kelloway, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced that the Government of Canada has invested $1.2 million over four years to conserve 350,000 hectares in the Bras d’Or Lakes watershed.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Prime Minster, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, along with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, indicated that Canada has joined Costa Rica and France, as well as other countries, to continue to champion this important work for global biodiversity. The target would be adopted as a part of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2021. The framework will include targets to guide the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity around the world over the next 10 years.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
On September 22, 2020, the Town of Baie Verte pleaded guilty to two offences under the Fisheries Act in the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in Grand Falls-Windsor, and was ordered to pay a total fine of $50,000. The fine will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
On September 21, 2020, Budgell’s Sports & Marine Limited was ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 in the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, after pleading guilty to violating Section 153 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In addition to the monetary penalty, the Court ordered that five engines imported without the appropriate documentation be destroyed.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Canadian Hurricane Centre will provide an update on Hurricane Teddy on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Bob Robichaud will discuss the latest information about the storm.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
Transportation agencies’ Safe Restart funding
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
People across British Columbia will continue to have safe, reliable and affordable public transportation options, with federal and provincial confirmation that TransLink, BC Transit and BC Ferries will share more than $1 billion under the federal/provincial Safe Restart Agreement announced earlier this summer, cost-shared 50:50 by both governments.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Canadian Hurricane Centre will provide an update on Hurricane Teddy on Monday, September 21, 2020. Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Bob Robichaud will discuss the latest information about the storm.
