Promise History
1.06.001 - “To protect Canadians, our oceans, and our coastal economies, we will re-open the Maritime Rescue Sub-centre in St. John’s, and the Kitsilano Coast Guard Base in Vancouver, which were closed by Stephen Harper.”
07-Nov-2016
“The St. John’s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre will reopen within 18 months. Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday night that the federal government would restore the closed centre by 2018. The Coast Guard will also construct two new lifeboat stations in the province, and two new radars in Atlantic Canada.”
St. John's search and rescue centre to reopen by 2018 - CBC
01-May-2016
“With little fanfare, the Canadian Coast Guard base in Kitsilano reopened on Sunday [May 1, 2016], three years after the controversial closure of the facility by the federal government.”
We’re Back': Kits Coast Guard Base officially reopens - Vancouver Sun
21-Apr-2016
“The Canadian Coast Guard’s Kitsilano search-and-rescue station will reopen on May 1, but the federal government is dismissing calls to suspend or cancel its plan to shutter a communications station in Comox nine days later.”
22-Mar-2016
“Budget 2016 proposes to provide $23.6 million over five years on a cash basis, starting in 2016–17, to reopen the Kitsilano Search and Rescue Lifeboat Station in Vancouver as a Coast Guard Base with enhanced marine emergency response capacity.”
Growing the Middle Class - Budget 2016-2017
16-Dec-2015
“Re-opening Kitsilano was among the key commitments in the Minister’s mandate letter. The Minister is in Vancouver this week to open conversations with the province, the city, First Nations and stakeholders on how the facility can best respond to the community’s needs. Preliminary work to restore the station will begin shortly.”
A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class
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