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<p><strong></strong><strong>May 5, 2003 No. 49</strong></p>
<p align="CENTER"><strong>KILGOUR TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC POLICY FORUM CONFERENCE</strong></p>
<p>Media representatives are advised that Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) David Kilgour will address participants during the
concluding plenary session of the Public Policy Forum conference on economic transformation in western Canada, in
Calgary, Alberta, on May 6, 2003. </p>
<p>Approximately 100 senior representatives from the governments of the western provinces, the federal government and the
private sector will participate in the conference to discuss the challenges created by the changing economic reality in
western Canada, and how these challenges can be met within the national context.</p>
<p><strong>Event:</strong> Speech</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, May 6, 2003<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 2:15 p.m. (approximately)<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> Telus Centre </p>
<p>Room: Glen 201, 202, 203</p>
<p>120 9th Avenue SE</p>
<p>Calgary, Alberta</p>
<p>For more information, please contact:</p>
<p>Jesse Cringan</p>
<p>Office of the Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)</p>
<p>(613) 944-2162 </p>
<p>Media Relations Office</p>
<p>Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</p>
<p>(613) 995-1874</p>
<p><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221043428/http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</a> </p>
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