Canadian Government Pledges $300 Million (USD) Investment for the Great Lakes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged that his government will spend $420 million CAD (about $306 million USD) over the next decade to restore and rehabilitate the Great Lakes. The funding will seek to address both legacy pollution from industrial activities and newer challenges such as climate change, PFAS chemicals, and microplastics. More specifically, the money will support monitoring, assessment, and restoration work to prevent the release of harmful chemicals and to reduce the frequency of algae blooms.
The proposed infusion of funding will be the largest ever for the Canadian government. Previously, the Canadian Great Lakes Protection Initiative has only allocated a total of $44.84 million USD for Great Lakes protection, which is significantly less than the $3.8 billion USD in funding that the U.S. government has provided the Great Lakes region since 2010 through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).
In a press release from the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said, "representing an international border community on the shoreline of the Great Lakes, I am thrilled to see this kind of cooperation and coordination between the U.S. and Canadian governments to enhance the health of the Great Lakes."
NEMWI Tracks Bills on Manufacturing in the 118th Congress
As the new 118th Congress proceeds, an increasing number of bills are being introduced relating to manufacturing policy. Overall a total of 11 bills are newly introduced, including eight bills in the U.S. House and three bills in the U.S. Senate.
Among the newly introduced bills in the House H.R.346NOTAM Improvement Act 0f 2023, which is a bill that directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the FAA Task Force on NOTAM Improvement (notice to airmen required by international or domestic law) that has passed the House. In the Senate, S.36 Agility in Manufacturing Preparedness Act of 2023, which is a bill that requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to seek to contract with the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals to assess and make recommendations concerning U.S. capabilities for biopharmaceutical manufacturing and related matters, that is newly introduced. In the Senate, there is also a S.66 NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023 which is important to monitor based on the bill within the House.
NEMWI will continue to monitor legislation relating to manufacturing policy in its Manufacturing Legislative Tracker which is available here.
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