The Government of Canada is developing a Blue Economy Strategy to grow our ocean sectors through job creation, inclusion and conservation. This strategy will harness opportunities on all three coasts to spur innovative ideas, create more jobs, leading to a more prosperous future for Indigenous and coastal communities. It will also position Canada as a world leader in the global blue economy. In the first week of the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard roundtable discussions, she has heard about the importance of British Colombia’s fisheries and coastal tourism from the Pacific region, the level of importance of having reliable, timely, and accessible data on our oceans from ocean scientists and professors and the need for collaboration between communities, first nations and industry to produce a strategy that considers economic, social and environmental factors. Roundtables and online engagement will continue until June 15, 2021.
