Québec City,
Que. -- July 29, 2010 -- Sylvie Boucher,
Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of
Women and Member of Parliament for Beauport-Limoilou,
on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister,
Jim Prentice, today announced funding from
the EcoAction Community Funding Program
for four environmental projects in the Québec
City and Chaudière-Appalaches regions
of Quebec. In total,
$145,741 in federal funding will support
local action to reduce pollution, improve
air and water quality, and protect wildlife
and natural habitat.
As part of the International
Year of Biodiversity, MP Sylvie Boucher
stated that, "The EcoAction Community
Funding Program shows that it's possible
to mobilize resources and people for the
benefit of environmental initiatives. Through
this support from the EcoAction program,
we want to emphasize the fact that on-the-ground
activities are essential and can contribute
to conserving our environment."
"This government
is committed to addressing the environmental
priorities of Canadians," said Minister
Prentice. "We are proud to support
community groups across the country willing
to take concrete action through on-the-ground
environmental projects that will achieve
a more sustainable Canada. Your actions,
large or small, will help to protect the
abundance and variety of life that is part
of our natural heritage."
In the Québec
City region, Environment Canada contributed
to the project, entitled Concrete action
in the Beauport River Basin and creation
of a best practices guide for taking action,
which is being undertaken by the Groupe
d'Éducation et d'Écosurveillance
de l'Eau. The purpose of this project is
to restore the banks of a river and the
wildlife habitats at a former landfill site
in the Laurentians community of the borough
of Beauport. This project will be completed
with the participation of primary-school
and college students. In addition, outreach
and education workshops on biodiversity
will be given to the students of two primary
schools.
"The action project
in the Beauport River Basin will make it
possible to educate and involve the adults
of tomorrow, starting today, in order to
improve the environment," pointed out
Nathalie Piedboeuf, Director of the Groupe
d'Éducation et d'Écosurveillance
de l'Eau. The best practices guide that
will result from this initiative, which
will be available online, will serve to
share these assets and ensure their continued
existence."
The EcoAction Community
Funding Program is a Government of Canada
initiative that supports projects that rehabilitate,
protect or enhance the natural environment,
and builds the capacity of communities and
individuals in support of a more sustainable
Canada. The four projects announced today
will assist locally based, non-profit organizations
in initiating actions that result in cleaner
air, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,
cleaner water, and the protection of nature
at the local community level.
More information about
the EcoAction Community Funding Program
is available on Environment Canada's website
at http://www.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction.
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Government of Canada
Invests in a Community Environmental Project
in Canora
CANORA, Sask. -- July
23, 2010 -- Garry Breitkreuz, Member of
Parliament for Yorkton-Melville, on behalf
of Canada's Environment Minister, the Honourable
Jim Prentice, today announced funding from
the EcoAction Community Funding Program
for a new environmental project in Canora,
Saskatchewan. In total, $29,125 in federal
funding will support local action to reduce
pollution, improve air and water quality,
and protect wildlife and natural habitat.
"As part of the
International Year of Biodiversity, Canada
has demonstrated great leadership. In Saskatoon,
our government, in partnership with the
Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association
Inc., is making a significant contribution
to biodiversity by empowering Canadians
with the skills to become better stewards
of our environment," said MP Breitkreuz.
"This government
is committed to addressing the environmental
priorities of Canadians," said Minister
Prentice. "We are proud to support
community groups across the country willing
to take concrete action through on-the-ground
environmental projects that will achieve
a more sustainable Canada. Your actions,
large or small, will help to protect the
abundance and variety of life that is part
of our natural heritage."
This project will repair
a scour hole that has developed over time
and is known to trap fish within the Good
Spirit Lake water control outlet. The project
will be designed to fill in this channel's
washout area that will prevent fish from
becoming trapped and future riverbed erosion.
"Receiving funding
from Environment Canada's EcoAction program
will allow the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship
Association to move forward on a fish habitat
project that will mitigate a fish entrapment
washout downstream of the Good Spirit Lake
outlet, located approximately 40km north
of Yorkton. The project will prevent the
death of thousands of fish each year,"
said Jesse Nielsen, Assiniboine Watershed
Stewardship Association, Watershed/Aquifer
Coordinator
The EcoAction Community
Funding Program is a Government of Canada
initiative that supports projects that rehabilitate,
protect or enhance the natural environment,
and builds the capacity of communities and
individuals in support of a more sustainable
Canada. The project announced today will
assist locally-based, non-profit organizations
in initiating actions that result in cleaner
air, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,
cleaner water, and the protection of nature
at the local community level.
More information about
the EcoAction Community Funding Program
is available on Environment Canada's website
at the following address: www.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction.
