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Save the Date: 27–28 June, Regular Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s governing Council in Charlottetown

Participate in a public forum at the Council session in person or via webcast

Montreal, 10 January 2017—On 27–28 June 2017, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna will host her counterparts from Mexico and the United States in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, for the annual Regular Session of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).

The Council, the CEC’s governing body composed of cabinet-level environmental authorities from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, meets each year in regular session to discuss their shared priorities for environmental cooperation in North America. Mexico’s Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Rafael Pacchiano Alamán and the newly appointed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator will be invited to join Minister McKenna for this June’s Council Session.

This year’s meeting will feature a public forum on June 27, hosted by the CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC), to obtain feedback on North American environmental issues. The Council Session on June 28 will include a public session headed by the three environment ministers. It is open to the public and will be webcast live at http://www.cec.org/webcast.

Additional information and preregistration forms will be available at www.cec.org in March.

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CEC Council Session in Charlottetown

About the CEC

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was established in 1994 by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States through the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, a parallel environmental agreement to NAFTA. As of 2020, the CEC is recognized and maintained by the Environmental Cooperation Agreement, in parallel with the new Free Trade Agreement of North America. The CEC brings together a wide range of stakeholders, including the general public, Indigenous people, youth, nongovernmental organizations, academia, and the business sector, to seek solutions to protect North America’s shared environment while supporting sustainable development for the benefit of present and future generations

The CEC is governed and funded equally by the Government of Canada through Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Government of the United States of Mexico through the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, and the Government of the United States of America through the Environmental Protection Agency.

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