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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">June 7, 2006<br>
No. A/23</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">MINISTER EMERSON TO DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH</span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND CANADA’S STATE OF TRADE</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">International Trade Minister David L. Emerson will be the keynote luncheon speaker at
International Trade Day, hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ottawa on
Thursday, June 8, 2006.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Minister Emerson will discuss the new government’s vision for increasing global
competitiveness and discuss Canada’s trade performance and market access priorities,
launching the <i>Seventh Annual Report on Canada’s State of Trade </i>—International Trade
Canada’s report card on the performance of our economy. This comprehensive
document reviews and analyzes the key developments in Canada’s international trade
and investment in 2005 against the background of economic trends and performance at
home and abroad. <i>Canada’s International Market Access Priorities </i>2006 will also be
released.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The luncheon will be hosted in partnership with the Canadian Council of Chief
Executives, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and the Canadian Association of
Importers and Exporters.<span> </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Minister Emerson will briefly be available to answer questions from the media after his
speech.</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">11:45 a.m. EDT</span></span></p>
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Fairmont Château Laurier<br>
1 Rideau Street<br>
Ottawa, ON</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Fairmont Château Laurier</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">For more information, please contact:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Jennifer Chiu<br>
Press Secretary<br>
Office of the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and
the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics<br>
(613) 992-7332</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media Relations Office<br>
International Trade Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221103213/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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