Media advisory: Historic Agreement reached with Columbia River Basin Indigenous Nations, Canada, and British Columbia

Press Release

From: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Castlegar, British Columbia – Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada (Consular Affairs), Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, and Katrine Conroy, B.C. Minister of Children and Family Development and Minister responsible for the Columbia River Treaty, to make an announcement in relation to salmon protection and restoration.

The Parliamentary Secretary and B.C. Ministers will be joined by Chiefs from the Syilx Okanagan, Ktunaxa, and Secwepemc Indigenous Nations.

Media are invited to attend. A question and answer period to follow.

Date:                Monday, July 29, 2019
Time:               11:00 a.m. (local time)
Location:        Millennium Park
100 5th Street
Castlegar, BC

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Contacts

Media Relations
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
604 -666-0384
DFO.RPACCommunicationsR.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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