Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) met with the World Bank’s vice-president and special envoy for the Climate Change Group, Rachel Kyte, on the margins of the COP Summit in Lima, Peru. The two discussed international financing and investments to address climate change. The two also discussed the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), of which Canada is a founding member, to address … Read more
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) met with Mexican Secretary of the Environment, Juan José Guerra Abud, on the margins of the COP Summit in Lima, Peru. The two ministers discussed the importance of taking action on climate change. Both Ministers reiterated their hope that an international final agreement could be reached and agreed that it is important … Read more
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) announced the Government of Canada is continuing to play a leadership role on the international stage by making a significant funding contribution to the Green Climate Fund. Canada will provide $300 million to the Green Climate Fund, which is aimed at supporting projects, programs, policies and other activities to address climate change in … Read more
Recently, the Government of Canada facilitated a meeting with provincial and territorial governments, as well as hunters, Inuit, Cree organizations, and Wildlife Management Boards, that led to a new agreement to maintain effective management and conservation of the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation. The Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut are pleased that … Read more
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air for Canadians through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. These vehicles and fuels regulatory initiatives are aligned with those of the United States. Given the close … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment Colin Carrie (Oshawa , Ont.) announced $11.5 million in funding from the Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP) that will fund more than 160 projects across Canada that will help protect species at risk. Stewardship is an important step in protecting critical habitat of species at risk. HSP fosters stewardship measures like land and … Read more
On behalf of Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment Colin Carrie (Oshawa, Ont.) announced $3.4 million in additional support of 16 new North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) projects across Canada. In partnership with organizations such as the Nature Trust of B.C., the Government of Canada implements the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) … Read more
Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Nova Scotia Environment Minister Randy Delorey announced the renewal of a cooperative water monitoring agreement between Environment Canada and Nova Scotia Environment. The Memorandum of Agreement for Water Quantity Surveys ensures the on-going collection, processing, publication and distribution of water quantity data in Nova Scotia. The full release is available … Read more
From July 16 to 17, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) as current chair of the Council for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), will host her Council colleagues, Administrator Gina McCarthy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary Juan José Guerra Abud of the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, at the 2014 CEC Council … Read more
North Vancouver-based Lester Cleaners has pleaded guilty in British Columbia Provincial Court to two counts of an offence under the Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The charges relate to inadequate storage and handling of tetrachloroethylene (a substance also commonly known as PERC) waste. The company was sentenced to pay … Read more
