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Environmentalist Louie Porta to Lead the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -We are pleased to announce that leading Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta will chair the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2022.

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  • MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -We are pleased to announce that leading Canadian environmentalist Louie Porta will chair the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2022.
  • Porta previously served as lead political advisor to Mary Simon, Canada's first Indigenous Governor General, in her capacity as Minister's Special Representative for Arctic Leadership.
  • Porta will chair the CEC's advisory committee in the coming year as the body holds public consultations in the three countries on pressing environmental matters of global concern.
  • For more information about the CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee, visit www.cec.org/jpac .