April 18, 2015
Ballantyne’s Cove, Nova Scotia – The Honourable Peter MacKay, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced today that the Government of Canada will invest more than $10 million over the next two years in harbour improvement projects at seven Nova Scotia harbours. The projects being funded today will provide a safer and more efficient working environment for local fishermen and harbour users.
This investment will support harbour projects in the counties of Antigonish, Guysborough and Halifax:
- Arisaig – replacing a deteriorating wharf with a new structure
- Ballantyne’s Cove – replacing a barricaded wharf with a new structure complete with a new electrical system and dredging of the basin
- Havre Boucher – constructing a new wharf, dredging to expand the basin area, constructing a service area, and installing floating wharves and a new electrical system
- Marie Joseph – constructing a wharf extension complete with the electrical services
- Owls Head – replacing a deteriorated wharf with a new structure and removing the remnants of an old breakwater
- Port Bickerton East – completing work that started last year which consists of constructing two service areas and a slipway, installing floating wharves, and dredging
- Sonora – replacing a deteriorated wharf with a new structure and constructing a launching ramp to improve harbour access
This funding is part of the Government of Canada’s total investment of approximately $60.3 million in major improvement projects at approximately 48 harbours and various repair projects at several other harbours in Nova Scotia over the next two years.
Since 2006, the Government of Canada has provided an unprecedented level of funding to support investments in public infrastructure across the country. Last fall, Prime Minister Harper announced an additional investment of $5.8 billion over the next two years to build and renew infrastructure across the country to support Canadian heritage, First Nations education, defence, borders, research, small craft harbours, transportation and search and rescue. As part of this funding, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard received approximately $551 million, $288 million of which is being used for harbor improvements at small craft harbours.
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Regional Minister for Nova Scotia and MP for Central Nova
Daniel MacLellan, President of Ballantyne’s Cove Harbour Authority
Photo caption: Harbour Authority representatives Colin MacDonald, Dustin MacInnis, Donald Dodge, and Daniel MacLellan with Minister MacKay.
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Frank Stanek
Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ottawa
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Sophie Doucet
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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