Ministers Blair and Duclos to Provide an Update on the 2023 Wildfire Season

Members of the media are invited to join the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, as they provide an update on the wildfire season.

They will be joined by Julie Dzerowicz, Member of Parliament for Davenport, and Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada.

Following brief remarks, Ministers Blair and Duclos, Ms. Dzerowicz and Dr. Tam will take questions from the media.

Questions will only be possible via Zoom for this virtual event (registration required as per instructions below).

Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023

Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT

Location: Virtual event via Zoom

(simultaneous translation audio feed will be available)

Participation in the question and answer portion of this event is for accredited members of the Press Gallery only. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact pressres2@parl.gc.ca for temporary access.

To participate in the press conference via Zoom, please send an email to pressres2@parl.gc.ca. Registrations must be completed no later than 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 6.