MONCTON, NB, Kanada - Ua hoʻolaha ka Mea Hanohano ʻO Marc Garneau, Kuhina o Transport, i kēia lā i ka inoa hou ʻana o ka Greater Moncton International Airport i ka Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport. ʻO ka inoa hou i hoʻolaha ʻia i kēia lā e mana koke.
ʻO ka Mea Hanohano ʻo Roméo LeBlanc ka 25th Kiaʻāina Nui o Kanada mai 1995-1999 a ʻo ia ka Acadian mua, a me Atlantic Canadian i paʻa i kēia keʻena. I ka wā o kāna kauoha, ua kaʻana like ʻo ia me ka poʻe Kanada i nā kumu nui iā ia, e lawe ana i ka manaʻo nui i ka voluntarism, ke aʻo ʻana i ka mōʻaukala Kanada, nā lāhui Aboriginal, a me ka mālama maluhia a me ka pūʻali koa. Ua hānau ʻia ma Memramcook, New Brunswick, ua lilo ʻo Mr. LeBlanc i ʻeiwa mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he kumu a ua hoʻomohala i nā manaʻoʻiʻo ikaika e pili ana i ke kuleana nui a nā kumu aʻo e pāʻani ai i ko mākou kaiāulu.
I ka makahiki 1960, ua huli ʻo Mr. LeBlanc i ka nūpepa, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mea kākau no Radio-Canada i alakaʻi iā ia e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he Kakauolelo Pai no nā Kuhina Nui ʻo Lester B. Pearson lāua ʻo Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Mr. LeBlanc i ka Hale Aliʻi ma 1972, e pani ana i ka holo o Westmorland-Kent (New Brunswick) a he kuhina kuhina mai 1974 a i 1979 a me 1980 a i 1984. Ua lilo ʻo Mr. LeBlanc i Senatoa ma 1984 a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i Luna Hoʻomalu. o ka Senate i ka makahiki 1993.
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"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kēia Kanaka kaulana a me ke keiki a New Brunswick nāna i lawelawe i kona ʻāina me ka mahalo ma o kahi ʻoihana lōʻihi a kaulana i ka lawelawe aupuni. Ma ke ʻano he kumu, mea kākau moʻolelo, pāremata, a ʻo ke Kiaʻāina Nui mua mai ka Maritimes, ua manaʻo nui ka Mea Hanohano Roméo LeBlanc e hele mai ana ka hanohano o Kanada mai kona mau kamaʻāina. ʻO ka inoa o ka Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport he mea hoʻohanohano kūpono iā ia a he mea hoʻomanaʻo no kāna lawelawe ʻana i nā poʻe Kanada a pau.
ʻO ka Mea Hanohano Marc Garneau
Kuhina Kaʻa
"Mahalo nui koʻu ʻohana iā Kuhina Garneau, a me ke Aupuni o Kanada, no kēia hoʻomaikaʻi lokomaikaʻi i koʻu makuakāne make. ʻO kēia kahua mokulele he wahi koʻikoʻi ia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai lōʻihi o ko mākou ʻāina-a ʻoiaʻiʻo ua pā koʻu makuakāne i ka ʻike ʻana i kona inoa e pili ana me kahi hale hoʻonani.
Ka Mea Hanohano Dominic LeBlanc
Kuhina o ka lawaiʻa, ka moana a me ka Canadian Coast Guard a me ke alakaʻi o ke aupuni ma ka Hale o nā Aliʻi
"Hoʻohanohano ʻia ka Papa Luna Hoʻokele o ka Greater Moncton International Airport e kākoʻo i ka hoʻoholo a ke Kuhina Hoʻokele. I kona ola a pau, ua lawelawe ʻo Roméo LeBlanc ma nā ʻano he nui o ka lawelawe aupuni. ʻO ka hiki iā Mr. LeBlanc ke hoʻohui i nā kānaka mai nā kaiāulu ʻōlelo ʻelua, kona noho aupuni, a me kāna kākoʻo pau ʻole i ko mākou ʻāina a me kona poʻe e hoʻolilo iā ia i koho kūlohelohe no kēia hoʻokupu lōʻihi.
Christopher D. Bacich
Luna Hoʻokele, Greater Moncton International Airport Authority
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The naming of the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport is a fitting tribute to him and a reminder of his service to all Canadians.
- LeBlanc was elected to the House of Commons in 1972, representing the riding of Westmorland-Kent (New Brunswick) and was a cabinet minister from 1974 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.
- Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons .
