| Montreal, 24/06/2009 – Six new members—five from Canada and one from Mexico—have been appointed to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC).
JPAC is a 15-member, independent, volunteer body that provides advice and public input to the CEC’s Council—the highest-level environmental authorities of Canada, Mexico and the United States—on any matter within the scope of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.
Under the Agreement, each of the countries nominates five members to the JPAC. As one of the CEC’s three main bodies, the JPAC also provides information to the Secretariat and organizes public meetings and consultations on pertinent environmental issues.
The new members will join their colleagues at the upcoming Sixteenth Regular Session of the Council and other public events, including the JPAC’s Workshop on Climate Policy Coherence, to be held 22–24 June in Denver, Colorado.
The new members are:
- Laurent N. Benarrous, Montreal, Quebec
- The Honourable David Emerson, Vancouver, British Colombia
- Tim Hearn, Calgary, Alberta
- Rodolfo Lacy, Mexico City, Mexico
- Nancy Southern, Calgary, Alberta
- Glen Wright, Coboconk, Ontario
Biographical information on all JPAC members is available on the CEC website at: www.cec.org/jpac
For more information, contact: Marcela Orozco, JPAC Liaison Officer, morozco@cec.org, (514) 350-4305.
The CEC is an international organization created under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) by Canada, Mexico and the United States to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts and promote the effective enforcement of environmental law. NAAEC complements the environmental provisions established in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to which it is a side accord. |
