MP Leef and Minister Dixon announce funding to improve understanding of the transportation challenges in Yukon

WHITEHORSE, Nov. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - Ryan Leef, Member of Parliament for Yukon, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, and the Honourable Currie Dixon, Minister of Economic Development of the Government of Yukon, on behalf of and the Honourable Wade Istchenko, Minister of Highways and Public Works announce funding to evaluate the effects of climate change and permafrost degradation on transportation in Yukon.

Date:	Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Time:	11:00 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time)
Location:	Visitor Information Centre 100 Hanson Street, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 6C2

 

SOURCE: Transport Canada

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Doris Wurfbaum
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Department of Highways and Public Works 
Government of Yukon 
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