MEDIA ADVISORIES
PETTIGREW - VISIT TO B.C.
November 22, 2001 No. 85
Media representatives are advised that International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will travel to Victoria and Vancouver
from November 22 to 24 to participate in a series of meetings and activities.
In Victoria, the Minister will participate in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's annual Diplomatic
Forum, where he will discuss various issues and provide an update on the recent developments at the WTO Conference in
Doha, Qatar. He will then meet with British Columbia Minister of Forests Mike de Jong. In Vancouver, Mr. Pettigrew will
meet with representatives from the B.C. Softwood Lumber Trade Council and will be the guest speaker at the Vancouver
Board of Trade. Minister Pettigrew also intends to visit a lumber mill in the Vancouver area, along with Environment
Minister David Anderson.
Media opportunities:
Event: Vancouver Board of Trade Conference lunch
Date: Friday, November 23, 2001
Time: 12:45 p.m. - Speech (open to media)
2:00 p.m. - Media availability
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel
Regency Ballroom
655 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Event: Visit to Squamish Lumber Division of Interfor (photo opportunity)
Date: Friday, November 23, 2001
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Outside main entrance of office building
1500 Highway 99
Squamish, B.C.
All times are local.
For more information, please contact:
| Sébastien Théberge
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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