Media Advisory - Ministers Garneau and LeBlanc will announce new temporary measures to address the deaths of whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

POINTE-DU-CHÊNE, NB, Aug. 10, 2017 /CNW/ - The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport and the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard  will announce temporary measures to address the deaths of whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Date:	Friday August 11, 2017
Time:	10:30 am (Atlantic time) – There will be a call-in opportunity
Location:	Pointe-du-Chêne Wharf
	64 Pointe-du-Chêne Rd
	Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick

NOTE: All media planning to participate in the call-in are required to register by at 613-990-7537 or by emailing [email protected]before 9:30 a.m. (Atlantic time) on Friday, August 11.

Please note that the event will be held outside

Registered media are requested to call-in 15 minutes prior to the start of the teleconference.

SOURCE Transport Canada

Transport Canada, Marc Roy, Director of Communications, Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Ottawa, 613-991-0840, [email protected]; Media Relations, Transport Canada, Ottawa, 613-993-0055, [email protected]; Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Laura Gareau, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, 613-992-3474, [email protected]; Media Relations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]