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<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">May 3, 1996 No. 86</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">NORTHERN IRISH PEACE FOCUS OF BUSINESS SEMINARS</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">The Honourable Art Eggleton, Minister for International Trade, today announced
that seminars on "The Canadian Partnership: Trade and Investment Opportunities in
Northern Ireland and the Irish Border Counties" will be held in Montreal on May 7
and in Toronto on May 8. </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">The seminars are organized by The Canadian Partnership, a private-sector-led
steering group convened by the Minister for International Trade last October,
designed to support the Northern Ireland peace process by encouraging trade and
investment relations between Canada and Northern Ireland and the Irish Border
Counties.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Minister Eggleton will be joined at the Toronto seminar by Baroness Denton,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, and Mervyn
Taylor, Irish Minister for Equality and Law Reform. Robert Brown, President and
Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier's Aerospace Group and Danny McCaughan, Chief
Scientist of Nortel Ireland, will be present at both seminars to discuss their
companies' involvement in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of Ireland.
Former Minister for International Trade, Mr. Roy MacLaren, will represent the
Government of Canada at the Montreal seminar on May 7.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">"The link between peace and economic stability must be fostered, and Canada --
through The Canadian Partnership -- is encouraging this process," Mr. Eggleton
said. "Moreover, this region offers good business opportunities for Canadian
exporters."</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
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