Ottawa Day 2016
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, the Council of the Great Lakes Region, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and leading NGOs, including Freshwater Future, Strategies Saint Laurent, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Canadian Environmental Law Association, le Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec, and Environmental Defence Canada held the first Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Day at Parliament Hill on Thursday, October 27th in Ottawa, Canada. During the day, representatives from the organization met with a number of ministers, parliamentary secretaries and opposition leaders to discuss a collaborative effort to develop a common vision and roadmap for the environmental and economic sustainability of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystem.
Resources
October 27, 2016 Press Release
Photos
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- Delegates with Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr
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- The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Parliament Hill Day delegation with MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
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- Representatives with Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna
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- Meeting with Catherine McKenna
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- Delegates in the Library of Parliament
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- Great-Lakes St. Lawrence Day participants, including leaders from 10 organizations and 5 municipalities
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- Meeting with MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones,
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- Members of Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Parliament Hill Day delegation with Yanique Williams, Policy Advisor for Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism
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- Delegates with Minister of Transportation, Marc Garneau
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- Delegates with Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party
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- Cities Initiative Quebec Policy Manager, Scott McKay, Mayor Denis Lapointe, Borough Mayor Chantal Rouleau, and Marie-Claude Leclerc, general director of ROBVQ, in front of Centre Block