Media advisory - The Government of Canada to make an important announcement on beating plastic pollution with echo events across Canada

QUÉBEC CITY, June 17, 2022 /CNW/ - Media representatives are advised that the Government of Canada will make an important announcement on beating plastic pollution. The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, will hold a hybrid press conference on single-use plastics in Québec City, Quebec. Multiple echo announcements throughout Canada will follow Minister Guilbeault and Minister Duclos' announcement.

Event:	Press Conference
Date:	Monday, June 20, 2022
Time:	9:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location:	Onsite at Beauport Bay
	1 Henri-Bourassa Blvd
	Québec, QC
	And via Zoom Webinar

To attend this press conference in-person or remotely (via Zoom webinar), media representatives are asked to register by contacting Media Relations at Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Echo announcements:

The Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and Julie Dabrusin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will hold an echo announcement in Toronto, Ontario.

Event:	Press Conference
Date:	Monday, June 20, 2022
Time:	10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Location:	In front of "Giant Plastic Tap" single-use plastic artwork at Ripley's Aquarium
	288 Bremner Blvd
	Toronto, ON

Member of Parliament, Lena Metlege Diab, will hold an echo announcement in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

Event:	Press Conference
Date:	Monday, June 20, 2022
Time:	11:30 a.m. (ADT)
Location:	Luminate Co wellness market shop
	486 Starboard Dr
	Bedford, NS

Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will hold an echo announcement in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Event:	Press Conference
Date:	Monday, June 20, 2022
Time:	9:30 a.m. (CDT)
Location:	The Forks Market
	1 Forks Market Rd
	Winnipeg, MB

Member of Parliament, Patrick Weiler, will hold an echo announcement in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Event:	Press Conference
Date:	Monday, June 20, 2022
Time:	9:30 a.m. (PDT)
Location:	Pacific Science Enterprise Centre
	4160 Marine Drive
	West Vancouver, BC

For all echo announcements, media representatives are encouraged to register by contacting Media Relations at Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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Kaitlin Power, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, 819-230-1557, [email protected]; Media Relations, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 819-938-3338 or 1-844-836-7799 (toll-free), [email protected]