The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard will announce details of an important investment made through the Coastal Restoration Fund (CRF) to help restore salmon-bearing watersheds in British Columbia.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) will be holding a phone-in technical briefing for media regarding the Cohen Response 2017 Status Update which describes how the recommendations from Justice Cohen’s Final Report from the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River have been or are being addressed.
Terry Beech, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for Burnaby North-Seymour and Jonathan Wilkinson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada and Member of Parliament for North Vancouver will make announcements on a new program to help assess the impacts of human activities on our marine ecosystems in the context of the Government of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan and the United Nations Environment Program’s Clean Seas Campaign.
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard will announce an update on the deployment of new search and rescue lifeboats.
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard will announce a new investment in coastal restoration for Newfoundland and Labrador under the Oceans Protection Plan.
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport Canada, will announce new initiatives under the Oceans Protection Plan, and introduce a new vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard Base Kitsilano in Vancouver.
SHEDIAC, NEW BRUNSWICK - The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard will host the 22nd North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers’ Conference in Shediac, New Brunswick from August 28 to 30, 2017.
On August 21, 2017, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will share details of an upcoming project for the Gulf Fisheries Centre, in Moncton. Media availability with Minister LeBlanc will be provided. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
On behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Pat Finnigan, Member of Parliament for Miramichi — Grand Lake, will hold a press conference with James P. Ward, General Manager of Anqotum Resource Management, and Bill Ward, Chief of the Metepenagiag First Nation, to announce a partnership and a significant investment for the Little Southwest Miramichi River Restoration project.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for Burnaby North – Seymour, Terry Beech, will make an announcement related to a Government of Canada initiative supporting the recovery for endangered whales on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.