Mr. Speaker, on May 10 in Rimouski, Environment Canada inaugurated the Weathercopy Service for the Eastern part of the Lower St. Lawrence and the western part of the North Shore.
As a result, the authorities in charge of public safety and emergency measures for these regions will receive weather warnings and weather forecasts directly from Environment Canada via radio transmitters and receivers, as soon as they are issued by the meteorologists at Environment Canada.
According to public safety authorities, this information is essential in order to take the necessary precautions in the event of an emergency, provided there is a quick and reliable access.
Weathercopy is a new technology, a world first developed by Dataradio Inc., a Canadian company. The development of this technology was fully financed by the company itself. This is another good example of co-operation between the public and the private sectors.