Letter Minister McKenna & Minister LeBlanc

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July 12, 2018 
 
via e-mail: catherine.mckenna@canada.ca; min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 
 
File Number: 0400-20; 5020-30   
 
The Honourable Catherine McKenna 
Minister of Environment and Climate Change 
200 Sacre-Coeur, 2
nd
 Floor 
Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc 
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 
200 Kent Street 
Ottawa ON K1A 0E6 
 
Dear Minister McKenna and Minister LeBlanc: 
 
Re: Supporting Parliamentary Motion M-151 
 
On behalf of the Islands Trust Council I am writing to request that the Ministers of the Federal Government and all 
members of various parties in the House of Commons support Parliamentary Motion M-151 made by MP Gord 
Johns and as well to request that Environment Canada and Fisheries and Ocean Canada take positive actions to 
reduce the influx of plastics and micro plastics into Canadian Water.  
 
The Islands Trust Council represents Canadians who live or own property on the islands in the Salish Sea and thus 
are keenly interested in the health of marine and fresh water ecosystems of all types. We are aware and thankful 
that the Federal Government has indicated publicly that it wishes to take a leadership position to address this 
pressing global problem. In our view this is not something that can wait. Positive action is needed now with 
leadership from the House of Commons.  
 
Our request is that our federal representatives treat this as a truly non-partisan issue and support and implement 
Motion M-151. The Motion reads: 
 
That in the opinion of the House, the government should work with the provinces, municipalities and 
indigenous communities to develop a national strategy to combat plastic pollution in and around aquatic 
environments, which would include the following measures:   
 
a) Regulations aimed at reducing  
i) Plastic debris discharge from storm water outfalls 
ii) Industrial use of micro-plastics including, but not limited to microbeads, nurdles, fibrous 
micro-plastics and fragments  
iii) Consumer and industrial use of single use plastics, including, but not limited to plastic bags, 
bottles, straws, tableware, polystyrene (foam) cigarette filters, and beverage containers, 
and  
b)  permanent, dedicated and annual funding for the  
i) Cleanup of derelict fishing gear 
ii) Community–led projects to clean up plastics and debris on shores, banks, beaches and 
other aquatic peripheries  
iii) Education and outreach campaigns on the root causes and negative environmental effects 
of plastic pollution in and around all bodies of water. 
 
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The Honourable Catherine McKenna and The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc 
July 1

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