Minister's Corner

Minister Kent invites young Canadians to apply for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Parks Canada Ambassador Program

Honsing Leung, Jeremy Diamond and Rob Stewart Honsing Leung, Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club Senior Manager Sales, Corporate Partnerships (left), Jeremy Diamond, Historica-Dominion Institute (centre), and Rob Stewart, Acting CEO, Scouts Canada, discuss youth engagement during the Minister's Round Table Workshop on Parks Canada, in Toronto, January 16, 2012
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Toronto, Ontario, January 16, 2012 -- The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today launched the formal recruitment process for the first two Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Parks Canada Youth Ambassadors. Minister Kent made the announcement during the 6th Minister’s Round Table (MRT) on Parks Canada. This year’s MRT theme is “Connecting Youth, from where they are, to our places that represent the very essence of being Canadian.”