On Monday, The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Swimming Canada announced Canada’s roster, led by Aurélie Rivard, Canada’s flag bearer at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony.
Day: July 15, 2021
The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, will make an announcement related to the Government of Canada’s efforts to protect the oceans.
Today on behalf of Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Andy Fillmore, Member of Parliament for Halifax, celebrated another milestone in the arrival of the RCN’s future fleet with the delivery of the second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke.
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, today announced that the Government of Canada will invest $1,080,000 over two years in the Western Boreal Initiative with the Dene Nation. The Western Boreal Initiative is a collaboration between provinces, territories, and First Nations governments to evaluate the cumulative effects of wildfire, predation, key pests, human disturbances, and climate change on the Western Boreal Forests of Canada.