Join MP Rachel Blaney along with special guests Lilly Woodbury of Surfrider and Chloe Dubois of Ocean Legacy in a discussion on raising awareness about protecting our oceans, sharing knowledge and generating excitement towards cherishing and preserving the ocean and the entirety of our blue planet.
Recently, I introduced private Member’s motion M-80 to the House of Commons urging the government to ban both expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) from floating structures like docks in aquatic environments. I also partnered with Fishing for Plastic Environmental Society and Surfrider Canada to launch a letter-writing campaign supporting the motion, which calls for a complete ban of the foam in aquatic environments in Canada.
You can submit questions in advance of the townhall and we will do our best to cover them.
For additional information, please don't hesitate to reach out to rachel.blaney@parl.gc.ca
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Lilly Woodbury - Surfrider Foundation Canada
Lilly Woodbury is the Regional Coordinator for Surfrider Foundation Canada, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the ocean, beaches and waves. In her role, she works with the Surfrider network on initiatives focused on coastal and marine protection and regeneration, including ending plastic pollution and shifting to a circular economy. Lilly won Starfish Canada's Top 25 Environmentalists under 25 in 2018 for her efforts and is currently completing a Master's degree at the University of Victoria's School of Environmental Studies.
Chloe Dubois – Co-Founder Ocean Legacy Foundation
Since initiating Ocean Legacy in 2013, Chloe has organized more then 34 extensive cleanup expeditions in 5 countries and has engaged hundreds of thousands of people in direct-action cleanups, education, and recycling initiatives. As a citizen scientist for over 10 years she has contributed works to critical climate change research, microplastic research and water and soil quality testing. With community partners, Chloe has also co-created one of the first ocean plastic innovation and processing centres in North America which now has recycling infrastructure, depot centres across the province of British Columbia and has diverted over 1.6 million lbs of plastic from cleanup efforts from landfill. In 2022, Ocean Legacy was selected as 1 of 11 winners in the Coralus (formerly known SheEO) Venture Competition.