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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">September 11, 2006</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">No. A/43</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">MINISTER EMERSON TO WELCOME U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWAB</span></span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the
Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, and U.S. Trade Representative
Susan Schwab will meet in Ottawa on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, for a bilateral
discussion followed by the signing of the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The signed legal text formalizes the agreement before legislation is introduced to
complete domestic implementation of obligations under the Agreement.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The signing will be followed by a media availability.</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, September 12, 2006</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">3:00 p.m.</span></span></p>
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Lester B. Pearson Building<br>
125 Sussex Drive<br>
Ottawa, Ontario</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Media representatives wishing to participate in the media availability must register with
the Trade Media Relations Office at 613-996-2000 before 12:00 (noon), Tuesday,
September 12, 2006. </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">Robert Klager<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and
the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics<br>
613-614-8569</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Trade Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<br>
613-996-2000<br>
</span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221075926/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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