Our oceans challenges. And our oceans opportunities. Indeed, oceans give life. They make it possible. From giant tube worms deep in the Endeavour Hot Vents, to the creatures found in the most arid and remote deserts.
Oceans determine our climate and our weather.
And they help feed the world s multitudes. The world s oceans also sustain our national economies. They employ nearly 145,000 Canadians . But more than that more than jobs, more than the essential economic role that oceans play our oceans help define us as a people . They live at the core of our national character.