Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. reported that the Honorable Jim Peterson has been nominated to be elected to the Board of Directors, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 30, 2014. Mr. Peterson, who is counsel at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, has had a distinguished career both as a legal scholar, teacher, and as a practioner of international and business law.

He was also a consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and has extensive knowledge and first-hand experience in government affairs, having served in the Government of Canada as a Minister of International Trade Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. The Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of the Honorable Doug Lewis as a member of the Board of Directors of Cielo, effective May 22, 2014.