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Vanguard December 2022/January 2023

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els can we improve Canada's marine safety system," explained the Hon- ourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard. The technology will serve to further facilitate a partnership between Indigenous and coastal communities across Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard. The tool empowers their capacity for safely, preparedness, and response and also offers open and transparent access to informa- tion about local waters. "Thanks to the ongoing work in the Oceans Protection Plan, Indig- enous Peoples and coastal communities have a greater role in prevent- ing and preparing for emergencies to protect their communities, coasts and waterways. We are working together to make shipping safer, and to increase protections for our marine ecosystems from the impacts of marine traffic to build a clean economy that will create the good-paying Halifax is proposed as the North American location for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic middle-class jobs of today and tomorrow," expressed the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport. The Oceans Protection Plan has been a Canadian success story, serv- ing to protect the environment, grow the economy, and support good jobs by enabling Indigenous Peoples, industry, communities, academia, and government to work together. A renewed and expanded Oceans Protection Plan will keep Canadian oceans and coasts healthy, advance reconciliation, and build a clean fu- ture for generations to come. "The Canadian Coast Guard is committed to keeping Canada's waters safe and healthy. This new funding will allow us to continue to improve our communication with coastal communities and operate even more effectively using important local knowledge and expertise," concluded Mario Pelletier, Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard. 10 DECEMBER 2022/JANUARY 2023 www.vanguardcanada.com S SIT REP It was announced on November 18, 2022, by Minister of National De- fence, Anita Anand, that Canada is proposing the Halifax, Nova Scotia region to host the North American Regional Office of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA). "NATO DIANA is a crucial initiative that will solve critical defence and security problems facing the NATO Alliance, and Canada is proud to pro- pose the Halifax Regional Municipality as the host of the North Ameri- can Regional Office. As home to several major universities and research centres, hundreds of science and technology start-ups and Canada's Halifax, Nova Scotia skyline. Image: Photo by Karly Barker: www.pexels.com/photo/halifax-skyline-at-night-11503985

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