MEDIA ADVISORIES
MANLEY - DIPLOMATIC FORUM, VICTORIA, B.C.
November 22, 2001 No. 84
John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be in Victoria, British Columbia, from November 21 to 23, 2001, to host the
Department's annual Diplomatic Forum. The Minister will deliver the keynote address at a luncheon on Friday,
November 23. Mr. Manley will be participating in the forum along with other representatives of the federal government.
The forum is an annual conference and this year 135 ambassadors, high commissioners and consuls-general accredited to
Canada will participate. They will exchange views on issues such as the global campaign against terrorism; Canadian
international trade and investment; the internationalization of higher education; environmental policy in Canada; the
national and international security agenda; economic and social trends in British Columbia; and Canada and the Pacific
Basin.
Media opportunities are scheduled as follows:
Keynote address to the Diplomatic Forum
Date: Friday, November 23, 2001
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Fairmont Empress Hotel
Palm Court Crystal Room
Victoria, British Columbia
Media availability
Date: Friday, November 23, 2001
Time: 2:00 p.m. (approx.)
Location: Saanich Room 1
Victoria Conference Centre
720 Douglas Street
Victoria, British Columbia
For more information, please contact:
| Sanjeev Chowdhury
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851
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Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca
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