Nature Canada Spokesperson Available to Comment on Upcoming Parliamentary Session

September 17, 2010 (Ottawa) – Nature Canada is pleased to announce that Jean Langlois has joined our staff as Strategic Relations Advisor, responsible for media, government, and stakeholder relations. Federal legislation and policy affecting nature, birds and other wildlife are the focus of our work in Ottawa.

Mr. Langlois comes to this new position with over twelve years of experience in the environmental sector and federal politics, including work with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Green Party of Canada, Sierra Club Canada, Climate Action Network, Green Budget Coalition, and previously with Nature Canada. His degrees in science (MSc biology) and business (MBA) will be put to good use for nature.

Mr. Langlois is available to discuss Nature Canada’s priorities for the upcoming parliamentary session, including:

• Improving the protection of wildlife species at risk as a result of the parliamentary review of the federal Species at Risk Act.
• Encouraging a regulatory regime that prevents oil disasters in our waters like the one in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Establishing new federal protected areas in priority areas in Canada.

For more information:

Jean Langlois, MSc, MBA
Strategic Relations Advisor

jlanglois@naturecanada.ca

tel: 613-562-3447
cell: 613-266-5326

75 Albert Street, suite 300
Ottawa, ON, K1P 5E7

www.naturecanada.ca

About Nature Canada
Nature Canada is an Ottawa-based non-profit whose mandate is to protect and conserve wildlife and habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature. We are the Canadian co-partner, with Bird Studies Canada, in BirdLife International. Together we deliver the international Important Bird Areas (IBA) program in Canada, which aims to identify, conserve and monitor a network of sites that provides essential habitat for bird populations.