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<p><strong></strong><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>February 19, 2002 No. 27</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Media representatives are advised that two media events will be held on Tuesday, February 19, regarding the
meeting between Canadian and American delegations on the softwood lumber dispute, in Ottawa.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Note: Media events are for media representatives only and are subject to change without notice. </strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Event:</strong> Media availability</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Trade Minister, Pierre Pettigrew, will be available to answer questions from media representatives
following the Team Canada trade mission</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Place: </strong>Munich </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, February 19, 2002</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Time:</strong> 9:00 p.m. (local time in Munich)<strong>(TBC)</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Event:</strong> Media briefing <strong>by Deputy Minister for International Commerce Leonard Edwards</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, February 19, 2002</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Time:</strong> 5:00 p.m. (local time in Ottawa)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Place: </strong>Ottawa</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>By telephone: </strong>Please call the Media Relations Office to obtain an access code.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">You can then join the conference call at these numbers:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>1-888-265-0903 </strong>(outside the National Capital region)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>(613) 954-9003 </strong>(within the National Capital region)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">For more information, please contact:</font></p>
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<tr valign="TOP"><td><font face="Arial">Sébastien Théberge</font>
<p><font face="Arial">Office of the Minister for International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 992-7332 </font></p>
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<td><font face="Arial">Media Relations Office</font>
<p><font face="Arial">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221072236/http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/"><font face="Arial">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</a></font></td></tr></table>
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