Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility Carla Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) announced the government’s commitment to oceans protection with the acceptance and delivery of the first new large vessel built for the Coast Guard under the National Shipbuilding Strategy. Built in Canada, the first Offshore … Read more
Minister of Rural Economic Development Bernadette Jordan (South Shore–St. Margaret’s, N.S.) on behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced the Coast Guard will begin assessing the threat of potential marine pollution posed by the Cormorant helicopter in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. This assessment of the Cormorant is a real step forward to determining … Read more
The Inshore Rescue Boat station in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut is now open for its second operational season. The station is crewed by Indigenous post-secondary students hired and trained by the Canadian Coast Guard and represents a significant milestone under Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan. The program provides hands-on work experience to crew members who learn life saving … Read more
A new Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, the CCGS Captain Molly Kool, will conduct its maiden voyage to the Arctic during the Canadian Coast Guard’s 2019 Arctic operational season, providing prolonged vessel presence in Arctic waters under the $1.5-billion Oceans Protection Plan. The icebreaker is scheduled to depart St. John’s, N.L. on June 24 for its initial journey to Arctic waters. … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) officially welcomed CCGS Captain Molly Kool to the Coast Guard fleet at the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic Region Headquarters in St. John’s, N.L. This marks the first of three new icebreakers to join the Coast Guard fleet, and the first in 25 years. The … Read more
The government is building four new Coast Guard search and rescue stations along the coast of British Columbia, and are marked beginning of construction for the new station in Tahsis. The Tahsis station will enhance the Coast Guard’s capacity to prevent and respond to on-water incidents in the area of Nootka Sound and in the waters off … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced the Government has set aside up to $5 million in emergency funding for payments to eligible applicants who are fishing out of ports in the most ice-affected areas of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. The full release is available online. … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) announced that the Aerospace Centre of Excellence at Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, B.C., has received a Coast Guard Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm BO-105 helicopter. Nine other educational training institutions located across Canada have also received a donated BO-105 helicopter. The full release is … Read more
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility Carla Qualtrough (Delta, B.C.) announced today that Chantier Davie of Lévis, Quebec, was awarded a contract of $7,198,164.30 for the dry-dock refit of the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, Canada’s largest icebreaker. Wilkinson also announced the names of … Read more
On behalf of Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.), Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced the start of construction of a new Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue station in Victoria, B.C., and the delivery of new emergency tow kits that will enhance the Coast Guard’s capacity to prevent … Read more
