Media Advisory - Government of Canada to introduce new Act to address wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels

OTTAWA, Oct. 30, 2017 /CNW/ - The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Bernadette Jordan, Member of Parliament for South Shore - St. Margaret's will announce new legislation as part of Canada's Oceans Protection Plan to highlight its one-year anniversary.

This proposed new legislation is one of several measures under Canada's Oceans Protection Plan, the largest investment ever made to protect Canada's coasts and waterways.

Date: Monday October 30, 2017 – Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, to deliver remarks
Time: 3:35
Location: Charles Lynch Room, 130-S, Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa.

SOURCE Transport Canada

Delphine Denis, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Ottawa, 613-991-0700, [email protected]; Media Relations, Transport Canada, Ottawa, 613-993-0055, [email protected]; Laura Gareau, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-992-3474, [email protected]; Media Relations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]