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MEDIA ADVISORIES
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">April 15, 2005<br>
No. A/33</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO TABLE THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY
STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Canada’s International Policy Statement will be launched on April 19, 2005, by Foreign
Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew, National Defence Minister Bill Graham, International
Cooperation Minister Aileen Carroll and International Trade Minister Jim Peterson. A
lock-up briefing will precede the tabling in Parliament.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Members of the media are invited to the lock-up briefing. Senior officials will be
available to answer questions, and copies of Canada’s International Policy Statement
will be distributed in the room. The briefing will provide background information only,
and is not for quotation or attribution to any named individual. If necessary, the
information may be attributed to “senior government officials.”</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media events are as follows:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Lock-up for media</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Tuesday, April 19, 2005</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">8:00 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">East Block, Room 362<br>
Parliament Hill<br>
Ottawa, Ontario</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Journalists who are accredited members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery may enter
the room any time after 8:00 a.m. They must remain there until the scheduled tabling of
the plan at 10:00 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Sequence of lock-up:</span></span></span></p>
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<td width="28%" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<td width="72%" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Journalists can consult the documents</span></span></p>
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<td width="28%" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<td width="72%" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Government officials will be available to answer questions</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; height: 0.400833in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Minister Pettigrew tables Canada’s International Policy Statement in House
of Commons (open coverage)</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">10:00 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">House of Commons<br>
Centre Block<br>
Parliament Hill</span></span></p>
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<td class="table4column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">10:30 a.m.</span></span></p>
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<td class="table4column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">National Press Theatre<br>
150 Wellington Street<br>
Ottawa, Ontario</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">After tabling in the House of Commons, Canada’s International Policy Statement will be
available electronically at </span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070222015005/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">For more information, please contact:</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Sébastien Théberge<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs<br>
(613) 995-1851</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070222015005/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Isabelle Savard<br>
Director of Communications <br>
Office of the Minister of National
Defence <br>
(613) 996-3100 </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">National Defence Media Liaison Office<br>
(613) 996-2353/2354<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070222015005/http://www.forces.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.forces.gc.ca/</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Andrew Graham<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of International Cooperation<br>
(819) 953-6238</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA)<br>
(819) 953-6534<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070222015005/mailto:info@acdi-cida.gc.ca"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">info@acdi-cida.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Jacqueline LaRocque<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of International Trade<br>
(613) 992-7332</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
International Trade Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070222015005/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span></p>
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