City to welcome biodiversity meeting

The federal government is putting $64 million into hosting a section of the COP15 conference on biodiversity in Montreal this October. The event was to have taken place in China, but Covid lockdowns in that country, plus Canada making an offer the UN couldn’t refuse, has brought the conference here. Between 12,000 and 15,000 visitors are expected.

Update: TVA is putting the news in the conditional tense and also in December rather than October.

Second update: Tuesday morning it seems to be firm news that the conference will be held here in December. Will China express annoyance at losing it?