Media Advisory - Minister Wilkinson and Minister Garneau to Announce Advanced Measures for North Atlantic Right Whale Protection Français
OTTAWA, Feb. 6, 2019 /CNW/ - The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau, and the Member of Parliament for Acadie—Bathurst, Serge Cormier, will make an announcement related to the improved measures to protect the North Atlantic Right Whales for the 2019 season tomorrow in Shippagan, NB.
The press conference will be preceded by a technical briefing for media.
Technical Briefing with departmental officials for media |
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February 7, 2019 |
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11:30 a.m. AST (10:30 a.m. EST) |
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The technical briefing will be dial-in only. |
NOTE: The technical briefing is not for attribution. Participants will be provided products that will be under embargo until 1:00 p.m. AST.
Media planning to participate in the technical briefing by the phone are required to register by calling 613-990-7537 or emailing [email protected] before 10:15 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, February 7th. Media should call in 10 minutes prior to the start of the teleconference.
Press Conference with Minister Wilkinson, Minister Garneau and MP Cormier |
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February 7, 2019 |
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1:00 p.m. AST (12:00 p.m. EST) |
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Centre des congrès de la Péninsule acadienne |
106 A, Rue de l'Aquarium, |
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Shippagan, NB |
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E8S 1H9 |
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The announcement will be livestreamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FisheriesOceansCanada/
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SOURCE Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada
Jocelyn Lubczuk, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, 343-548-7863, [email protected]; Media Relations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]; Delphine Denis, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Ottawa, [email protected]; 613-991-0700, Media Relations, Transport Canada, 613-993-0055, [email protected]
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