MEDIA ADVISORIES

March 12, 2002 No. 38

Media representatives are advised that International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will host a special federal-provincial-territorial meeting, including representatives from the softwood lumber industry. The purpose of this meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, March 13, in Ottawa, is to discuss the current negotiations with the United States, aimed at resolving the softwood lumber dispute.

Provincial and territorial representatives are:

Mike de Jong, British Columbia Minister of Forests

Lucie Papineau, Quebec Minister Delegate for Industry and Trade

François Gendron, Quebec Minister of Natural Resources

John Snobelen, Ontario Minister of Natural Resources

Halvar Jonson, Alberta Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations

Mike Cardinal, Alberta Minister of Sustainable Resource Development

Chris Axworthy, Saskatchewan Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs

MaryAnn Mihychuk, Manitoba Minister of Industry, Trade and Mines

Norm Betts, New Brunswick Minister of Business and Minister Responsible for Service

(also representing Prince Edward Island)

Allan Masters, Newfoundland Deputy Minister of Forest Resources and Agrifoods

John Raynor (Yukon)

Event: Media Briefing

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Time: 4:00 p.m.

Location: Main Lobby

Lester B. Pearson Building

125 Sussex Drive

Ottawa

For more information, please contact: