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MEDIA ADVISORIES
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">October 7, 2005<br>
No. A/98</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">MINISTERS TO TRAVEL TO ZURICH, SWITZERLAND</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">International Trade Minister Jim Peterson and Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister
Andy Mitchell will travel to Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in an informal meeting of
World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers on October 10, 2005. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">The ministers will seek to promote Canada’s objectives in all areas of the Doha
Development Agenda and to help advance the negotiations as WTO members prepare
for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong in December 2005.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Minister Mitchell will travel to Geneva, Switzerland, for further meetings on October 11
and 12.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<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">Jacqueline LaRocque<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of International Trade<br>
(613) 992-7332</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">International cell phone: ++ (41 79) 788-1363</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Within Switzerland: (079) 788-1363<br>
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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/20071116044757/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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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Matthew Tolley</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food<br>
(613) 759-1059</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<br>
(613) 759-7972<br>
1 866 345-7972<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20071116044757/http://www.agr.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.agr.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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