Announcements Related to the Lake Winnipeg Basin

Government of Canada Hosts Public Information Session on Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative

GIMLI, Man. -- November 5, 2010 -- James Bezan, Member of Parliament for Selkirk-Interlake, on behalf of the Government of Canada, hosted a public information session today to share information on the activities and progress being made to clean up Lake Winnipeg through the Government of Canada's four-year Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative.

In today's public information session, the general public and media were invited to hear presentations and meet face-to-face with the scientists, community project leaders and government program officials who are leading federal efforts to address some of the key problems facing the lake.

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Canada and Manitoba sign agreement to collaborate on cleaning up Lake Winnipeg

Minister Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship, Christine Melnick, today signed a Canada-Manitoba Memorandum of Understanding Respecting Lake Winnipeg and the Lake Winnipeg Basin.  The signing of the agreement will provide the foundation for a long-term, collaborative and coordinated approach between the two governments to ensure the sustainability and health of Lake Winnipeg and its watershed.

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Government of Canada announces over $875,000 for twenty new projects to clean up Lake Winnipeg

Minister Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher on behalf of the Canada’s Environment Minister, the Honourable Jim Prentice, announced $875,479 in federal funding today for twenty new community projects supported under the third and fourth rounds of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Stewardship Fund.

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