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Canadian Rural Partnership
National Rural Conference 2004

Taking Action for Sustainable Rural Communities
Red Deer, Alberta
October 21–23, 2004

The Third National Rural Conference took place in Red Deer, Alberta on October 21-23, 2004. More than 300 rural citizens, community organizations and representatives of all levels of government took part in discussions and learning workshops. The main topics discussed were community capacity building, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, youth and northern issues.

Speeches (Full transcripts of the main speeches made at the Conference)
Progress since Charlottetown (.pdf) (A report on some of the key achievements the Government has made in addressing rural issues since the Second National Rural Conference in Charlottetown, PEI)
Conference Workbook (.pdf) (The workbook used by Conference participants contains useful information on community capacity building, entrepreneurship, infrastructure, youth and northern issues)
Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards (Award ceremony held on Friday, October 22, 2004)
Report of the Advisory Committee on Rural Issues (A report prepared for the Conference, on the work of the Committee since its creation at the 2002 National Rural Conference)
Conference Partners (Other departments and organizations who helped make this conference possible)
Conference Report (A summary of the proceedings of the Third National Rural Conference) New
What Rural Canadians are Saying (Highlights of participants' comments)

Speeches

The Honourable Wayne Easter (Opening remarks)
Gail Surkan (Opening remarks)
The Honourable Andy Mitchell (Keynote address)
The Honourable Wayne Easter (Closing remarks)

Conference Partners

The Rural Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, would like to recognize and thank our conference partners for their contributions to this event.