Politics · Canada · 14 hrs ago
Diana Fox Carney visits Halifax ahead of ocean conference she will chair
Diana Fox Carney is visiting Halifax as Canada’s Ocean Envoy to meet people helping plan an international ocean conference.
She was named the country’s first Ocean Envoy and chair of the Our Ocean Conference, set for Halifax next May.
The conference invites governments, businesses and conservation groups to make voluntary commitments to protect the ocean.
Since its launch in 2014, it has raised about US$180-billion in commitments.
Canada’s gathering aims to support the goal of protecting 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030.
Fox Carney’s unpaid appointment has drawn questions about how it was made, including whether other candidates were considered; the government has not answered that question.
Some ocean conservation experts say her access to the prime minister could help bring more government attention to ocean issues.
She will chair the conference on May 10 and 11, while details about her itinerary and the length of her appointment have not been provided.
Diana Fox Carney is visiting Halifax on her first trip there as Canada’s Ocean Envoy.
She is meeting with stakeholders and partners who are helping plan the Our Ocean Conference.
Fox Carney will chair the international conference in Halifax on May 10-11 next spring.
The conference asks governments, businesses and conservation groups to make voluntary commitments to protect the ocean.
It aims to help protect 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030.
- Who
- Diana Fox Carney, Canada’s Ocean Envoy and chair of the upcoming Our Ocean Conference.
- What
- She is visiting Halifax and meeting with stakeholders and partners planning the conference.
- When
- Wednesday, ahead of the conference next spring on May 10-11.
- Where
- Halifax, Canada.
- Why
- To meet with people helping plan the international ocean conference she will chair.
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Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson named Fox Carney as Canada’s first Ocean Envoy and conference chair.
Fox Carney arrived in Halifax for her first trip there as Ocean Envoy.
Halifax is scheduled to host the Our Ocean Conference, which Fox Carney will chair.
- Conference
- Our Ocean Conference
- Location
- Halifax
- Conference dates
- May 10-11 next spring
- Ocean protection aim
- 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030
- Commitments raised
- About US$180-billion since the conference began in 2014
What people are saying
I take the appointment as a sign the government is serious about conservation.
takes a whole-of-government approach
too often, going back decades, it’s been relegated to a fisheries minister
a good thing that we have someone so close to the Prime Minister who’s going to be thinking about oceans quite a bit.