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<p><font face="Arial" size="+1"></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>April 26, 2002 <em>(2:10 p.m. EDT)</em> No. 38</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>CANADIANS TO ATTEND PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON WTO</strong></font><font face="Arial"></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew today welcomed the opportunity for Canadians to voice their views
on international trade and development at the WTO's public Symposium on the challenges and opportunities
arising from the Doha Ministerial Declaration. The event is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 29 to
May 1.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">"The Doha agenda energized trade negotiations, creating a global partnership built around a strong social
agenda," said Minister Pettigrew. "I'm pleased that more Canadians than ever are interested and engaged in
these vital trade and development discussions."</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Over 30 Canadians from non-governmental organizations, academia, the private sector and both federal and
provincial governments, and representing a range of interests, will attend the Symposium. The three-day
program includes a plenary and work sessions that will address various elements of the Doha Declaration,
including market access, trade and environment, and the functioning and financing of the WTO.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will work with the participants to develop a summary
report of the Symposium's activities to stimulate further dialogue on the issues in Canada. It will be posted on
the Department's Trade Negotiations and Agreements Web site at <a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221133101/http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/what-e.asp">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/what-e.asp</a> in the near future. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">More information on the Symposium can be found at
<a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070221133101/http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/symp_devagenda_02_e.htm">http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/symp_devagenda_02_e.htm</a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">A list of Canadian participants in the Symposium is attached. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sébastien Théberge</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Office of the Minister for International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 992-7332</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<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/20070221133101/http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/"><font face="Arial">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</a></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>Backgrounder</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>LIST OF CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Diana Bronson</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Carole Samdup</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Rights and Democracy</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Stuart Clark</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Foodgrains Bank</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial"><strong>Caroline Emond</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Dairy Farmers of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Chicken Farmers of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Egg Marketing Agency</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Josée Filion</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Markus Gehring</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Centre for International Sustainable Law</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Mark Halle</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Luke Eric Peterson</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>David Runnalls</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Konrad Von Moltke</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Institute for Sustainable Development</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Ailish M. Johnson</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">University of Oxford, Oxford College</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Mark Lee</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter A. Ludwig</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Attorney at Law</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Arthur Manuel</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Nicole Schabus</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Interior Alliance</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Sylvia Ostry</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Munk Centre for International Studies</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">University of Toronto</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Marie-France Paquet</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">University of Ottawa</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Brian Russell</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Georgetown University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Fergus Watt</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">World Federalists of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Robert Wolfe</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Queen's University</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial"><strong>Federal Government Officials</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Graham Barr</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Mary Chow</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Abdoulaye Diop</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Bianca Bohanan</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Adair Heuchan</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Martin Loken</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial"><strong>Provincial Government Officials</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Martin Bourgeois</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Jean-Frédéric Morin</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Ministère des Relations internationales</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Government of Quebec</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Mathilde Paul-Hus</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Ministère de l'Industrie et du commerce</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Government of Quebec</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Carole Raymond</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Government of Quebec</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>J.A. Rosario</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Competitiveness Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Government of Alberta</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial"><strong>Senate of Canada</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"><strong>Peter A. Stollery</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Chair, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
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