Today, Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, announced a federal investment of $1.1 million for a major renovation of the historic home at Bellevue House National Historic Site, the former home of Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, will join British Columbia’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, Chief Clarence Louie, Osoyoos Indian Band, and Chief Ketih Crow, Lower Similkameen Indian Band, to make an announcement on the proposed national park reserve in the South Okanagan-Similkameen.