Media Advisory - Environment Ministers to meet in Huntsville, Ontario

WINNIPEG, MB, July 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) will meet in Huntsville, Ontario on July 27, 2023. Ministers will make further progress on achieving zero plastic waste and discuss innovative solutions to lessen the impact of climate change and strengthen resilience and adaptation.

CCME is made up of environment ministers from each of the provinces and territories and the Government of Canada. The current president of CCME, the Honourable David Piccini, Ontario's Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks will host the meeting, which will be held at Deerhurst Resort.

At the close of the meeting on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), CCME will hold a news conference in Waterhouse Ballroom 5 and issue a communiqué. The A.J. Casson Room will be available as a working room for journalists after 3:45 p.m. EDT.

Members of the media, including journalists from outside of Ontario, may join the news conference in person or via videoconference. To register for the news conference, please contact Georgette Topangu at [email protected] or 204-793-6422. Members of the media should be ready to provide credentials upon registration. Please confirm your participation by noon EDT, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. 

The final communiqué will be posted on the CCME website (ccme.ca) as soon as it is available on July 27. 

Further details on CCME are available at www.ccme.ca.
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SOURCE Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Krista Nazimek, Executive Director, CCME Secretariat, [phone]; Brock Hamley, Director of Policy, Ontario Environment, Conservation and Parks, [phone]