Canada eyes joint coast guard patrols with extra Asian companions, envoy says

Following the Canadian Coast Guard’s first-ever port name in Japan, Ottawa is now in talks with regional companions to discover joint patrol missions as distant because the Philippines, in response to Canada’s envoy to Tokyo.

“I feel the brand new assets we’ve got dedicated to this specific initiative (to deal with IUU — unlawful, unreported and unregulated — fishing within the Pacific) assist us improve what we’re doing in Japan, but in addition work with companions to go a bit of bit deeper into the area,” Ambassador Ian McKay, who can be Canada’s Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific, informed The Japan Times throughout a latest interview.

“The proven fact that we simply had a coast guard ship in Japan to enhance the work that our (fisheries surveillance) plane has been doing, permits us to ask companions to experience with us and to do joint missions, perhaps as distant because the Philippines, as a result of it is a huge concern there as effectively,” he famous, including that the plans are a part of a broader technique geared toward increasing Canada’s footprint within the Indo-Pacific.