Liberal MP Darren Fisher spoke at the opening of the Facility for Intelligent Marine Systems on Monday in Dartmouth.
A new marine research centre has opened in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada to gather ocean data.Liberal MP Darren Fisher speaks at the opening of the Facility for Intelligent Marine Systems on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Dartmouth. A new $25-million marine research centre opened Monday in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada to gather ocean data.
"They will have an unprecedented opportunity to collaborate, to share ideas, tools, infrastructure in a meaningful way that is sure to benefit everyone involved."All three federal departments use uncrewed gliders and remotely operated vehicles for their own purposes: DFO to monitor ocean conditions, the military to listen for friends and adversaries, and Natural Resources for seabed mapping.
"And then we can not only share the data that comes out of that for our own purposes, but also take advantage of the logistics that are involved and the expertise." "So that when we, the navy, go up North to establish our presence in defence of our sovereignty, we can do it with the best possible technology either fitted in our ships embarked in our ships' remote equipment that we can leave there, gather information, bring it back, analyze. So that next time we go, our presence there is as assertive as can be.
"These changing Arctic conditions are impacting regions further downstream. What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic," said Richards.
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