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<p><font size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1">On May 2, Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for International Trade, will appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT), where he will make a speech on the subject of the Main Estimates.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong><u>Media availability (if required)</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2001</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Time: 5:30 p.m. (approx.)</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Location: Corridor outside Room 308, West</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong> Block, Ottawa</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">For more information, please contact:</font></p>
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<tr valign="TOP"><td><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1">Sébastien Théberge</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Office of the Minister for International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">(613) 992-7332</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></td>
<td><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1">Media Relations Office</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">(613) 995-1874</font><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></td></tr></table>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">_________________________________________________________________________________________________</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Le 2 mai, le ministre du Commerce international, M. Pierre Pettigrew, comparaîtra devant le Comité permanent des Affaires étrangères
et du Commerce international (CPAECI) de la Chambre des communes, où il prononcera une allocution relativement au Budget
principal des dépenses. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong><u>Rencontre avec les médias (si nécessaire)</u></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Date : le mercredi 2 mai 2001</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Heure : 17 h 30 (approximativement)</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>Endroit : </strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong>couloir à l'extérieur de la pièce 308, édifice de l'Ouest, Ottawa</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="-1"><strong></strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Pour de plus amples renseignements, prière de communiquer avec :</font></p>
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<tr valign="TOP"><td><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1">Sébastien Théberge</font>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Cabinet du ministre du Commerce international</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">(613) 992-7332</font></td>
<td><font face="Arial" size="-1">Le Service des relations avec les médias </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="-1">(613) 995-1874</font></td></tr></table>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="-1"></font><font face="Arial" size="-1">May 2, 2001 No. 26/Nº 26 Le 2 mai 2001</font></p>
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