MEDIA ADVISORIES
PETTIGREW - CANADIAN OUTREACH TOUR
March 3, 2003 No. 20
Media representatives are advised that International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will participate in a number of
activities organized to highlight the benefits of the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, from Tuesday, March 4 to
Friday, March 7, in four Canadian cities: Quebec City, Kitchener-Waterloo, Edmonton and Regina.
In each city an event has been organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to provide local
businesses that are currently exporting and others that are interested in getting into export markets, with the opportunity to
share notes with trade staff from Canadian embassies and consulates in export markets as well as with other local exporters.
Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Event: Visit to Advitech Solutions inc. (open coverage)
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: 650 Père-Lelièvre Boulevard
Office No. 170
Vanier, Quebec
Event: Luncheon address at Export Café (open coverage) followed by media availability
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Palace Royal
775 Honoré-Mercier Avenue
Quebec City, Quebec
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Event: Luncheon address at Export Café (open coverage) followed by media availability
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Grey Silo Golf Course
Timber Room
2001 University Avenue
Waterloo, Ontario
Thursday, March 6, 2003
Event: Luncheon address at Export Café (open coverage) followed by media availability
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Nisku Inn and Conference Centre
1101-4 Street
Nisku, Alberta
Event: Visit to AMC Corporation (open coverage)
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: 9741-54th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
Friday, March 7, 2003
Event: Luncheon address at Export Café (open coverage) followed by media availability
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Delta Regina
1919 Saskatchewan Drive
Regina, Saskatchewan
Event: Visit to Brandt Industries Ltd. (open coverage)
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: 13th Avenue and Pinkie Road
Regina, Saskatchewan
For more information, please contact:
Sébastien Théberge
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister for International Trade
(613) 992-7332
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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