North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum - Canada

Although the Canadian Coast Guard is this country’s lead agency and assumes the role of Head of Delegation for Canada at all North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum meetings, coast guard functions are in fact carried out by a range of agencies in this country. Each of these organizations (below) participates in forum meetings:

• Canada Border Services Agency (represented on the Illegal Migration Working Group)
• Canadian Coast Guard (Chair of the Environmental Response Working Group, and represented on the Search and Rescue Working Group, as well as the soon-to-be-established Technical Working Group)
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (represented on the Fisheries Enforcement Working Group)
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (represented on the Illegal Drug Trafficking Working Group)
• Transport Canada (represented on the Maritime Security Working Group)