Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 43)

"Budget 2016 proposes to provide $81.3 million over five years, starting in 2016– 17, to Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada to support marine conservation activities, including the designation of new Marine Protected Areas under the Oceans Act. Parks Canada will also continue efforts to develop new National Marine Conservation Areas. Together these actions are designed to achieve the target to protect 10 per cent of Canada’s marine and coastal areas by 2020."

("Growing The Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017)

« Canada expressed its strong support for science advice and strict management measures that protect straddling fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic at the 38th annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) in Varadero, Cuba last week.

At the meeting, NAFO members discussed progress on protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) and accepted Canada’s proposal, co-sponsored by Iceland, Norway and the United States, to establish an additional closure to protect an area of sea pens on Flemish Cap. With the addition of this closure (239 square km), NAFO has now protected a total of 380,511 square km in its regulatory area. Canada plays a leadership role in the measures to protect VME species such as cold-water corals, sponges and sea pens from the impact of fishing activities. »

(Press Release, September 29, 2016)

"The comprehensive Oceans Protection Plan—the most significant investment ever made to protect our oceans and coastlines—will protect the environment, ensure efficient transportation, maintain public safety, and create good, well-paying jobs." (Building a strong middle class, March 22, 2017)

"This includes introducing measures to protect 17 per cent of land and inland waters, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine waters, by addressing the persistent and growing threat of aquatic invasive species and toxic and nuisance algae, and focusing on preserving Canada’s precious freshwater resources." (Building a strong middle class, March 22, 2017)

"Canada has committed to conserving at least 17 per cent of its land and inland waters by 2020, through networks of protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures."

(Equality Growth - A Strong Middle Class page 151, February 27, 2018)

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