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PARADIS - INTERNATIONAL FRANCOPHONIE DAY

March 18, 2002 No. 42

Denis Paradis, Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) (Francophonie), and Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage, invite media representatives to the festivities for the Journée internationale de la Francophonie on Wednesday, March 20, which Deputy Prime Minister John Manley will also attend.

The ceremony will include addresses by Ministers Paradis, Copps and Manley and messages from the Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Boutros Boutros-Ghali (on video), the Chairman of the Board of Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, Antonio Lamer (in person), and writer-composer Luc Plamondon (on video).

The program will also honour recipients of the Ordre de la Pléiade, awarded by the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, and the Actifs et fiers trophy awarded by the Association canadienne d'éducation de langue française, and will pay tribute to Gisèle Lalonde of S.O.S. Montfort and five-time Olympic medallist Marc Gagnon. The ceremony will feature singers Natasha St-Pier and Luck Mervil and a group of 20 musicians from the Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne.

Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Time: 3:30 p.m. (media are asked to arrive by 3:00 p.m.)

Location: Grand Hall, Canadian Museum of Civilization

100 Laurier Street

Hull, Quebec

For more information, please contact:

Geneviève Tremblay

Office of the Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) (Francophonie)

(613) 944-3403

Kerry Edmonds

Press Secretary

Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage