Notice to media

PREMIER BINNS AND MINISTER MACKAY TO ANNOUNCE ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURE

Ottawa, April 15, 2006 - Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Peter MacKay, on behalf of Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, will announce environmental funding for agriculture at a news conference in Charlottetown on Tuesday, April 18.

EVENT:
News conference

DATE:
Tuesday, April 18

TIME:
8:40 a.m.

LOCATION:
Rodd Charlottetown
Grafton Room
75 Kent Street
Charlottetown, PEI

For more information:

Media Relations
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa
(613) 759-7972
1-866-345-7972

Wayne Riley
Atlantic Communications Advisor
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
(902) 628-5342