Moncton, New Brunswick – A marine search and rescue training exercise will be conducted in the waters off Wood Islands in Prince Edward Island during the afternoon of Wednesday, October 2, 2019.
Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, Gudie Hutchings, on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will announce the completion of construction of a new Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre building in Port aux Basques.
On August 26, Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will share details about the Canadian Coast Guard’s planned approach to enhance ice breaking capacity in Northern New Brunswick for the spring 2020 fisheries. Photo opportunities will be available for media in attendance.
Member of Parliament for Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, Churence Rogers, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will unveil the new Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue station in Old Perlican and welcome the new lifeboat CCGS Sacred Bay.
The Member of Parliament for Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame, Scott Simms, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson will announce funding recipients for year two of Coast Guard’s Community Boats pilot program.
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, along with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, will make an important announcement regarding the future of the Canadian Coast Guard.
Media representatives are invited to join Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Jonathan Wilkinson and Minister of Democratic Institutions and MP for Burlington, Karina Gould, as well as scientists and spokespersons from Fisheries and Oceans, Coast Guard and Environment and Climate Change Canada, for a tour aboard the Great Lakes research and survey vessel CCGS Limnos.
Member of Parliament for Long Range Mountains, Gudie Hutchings, on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, will officially open the new Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue station in St. Anthony and welcome the new lifeboat CCGS Pennant Bay.
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and B.C. Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Lana Popham, will announce approved projects for the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.