United Nations' International Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution

IN THE NEWS - 2021 MV Zim Kingston Spill Investigation Released

The Transporation Safety Board is calling on the federal government for more urgent action to keep oceans and shorelines safe from similar marine emergencies. Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns shares his reaction to the findings.

"There's no confidence by coastal people that there's a sense of urgency from the Government of Canada to come up with a coordinated plan."  

IN THE NEWS- NDP MP Gord Johns supports lightstations being open

The Canadian Coast Guard, part of the federal Fisheries Department, has announced it is planning to remove a total of four lightkeepers from two stations, one at Pachena Point and the other at Carmanah Point, both on the West Coast Trail. 

A meeting between Fishers and Oceans Canada staff and MP Gord Johns, is planned for early in the coming week to talk about destaffing plans for two lightstations off the west coast of Vancouver Island. 

“When we hear [of] incidents happening, lightkeepers are ­­front and centre,” Johns said. “They are the first to respond in terms of helping support the overall response” which can include the coast guard and CFB Comox.

IN THE NEWS- NDP blast conservatives for missing bulk of parliamentary trip studying drug crisis

OTTAWA—The Liberals and New Democrats are slamming the federal Conservatives for failing to show up for most of a cross-country study of Canada’s toxic drug crisis, an issue leader Pierre Poilievre has heavily politicized in recent weeks.

MPs from all major political parties embarked on a weeklong, three-province, multi-city tour last week as part of the House of Commons health committee’s study into the overdose crisis that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Canadians in the past eight years.

“I mean, it just shows they’re not serious. They don’t want to listen to the people,” said Gord Johns, the NDP’s mental health and harm reduction critic.

“They don’t want to hear from the experts or the doctors or actually meet the people on the ground.”