Media Advisory : Working together to address the issue of missing children in Canada

Ottawa, Ontario – September 14, 2007 – The RCMP’s National Missing Children Services (NMCS) will host its annual conference in Ottawa from September 18-20, 2007.

The conference gives law enforcement officers, Government departments, non government agencies and advocacy groups the opportunity to share intelligence and best practices about missing children cases.

A total of 90 conference participants are expected to attend sessions on topics ranging from the national perspective of missing children in Canada, to human trafficking, and the latest findings on parental abductions.

Media are invited to part of the opening ceremonies on September 18 with the opportunity to conduct one on one interviews with specified spokespeople immediately following.

Sign-in:
By 7:45 a.m., September 18
Outside the Mackenzie Room
Chimo Hotel
1199 Joseph Cyr Street, Ottawa

Welcome and Opening:
8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Mackenzie Room

Interviews:
8:20 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Outside the Mackenzie Room

Interviewees:
Alain Remue
Belgium Federal Police

Michel Gagné
Enfant-retour Québec

Cpl. Julie Gagnon
NMCS

Dr. Marlene Dalley
NMCS

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For more information, please contact:
RCMP Media Relations at (613) 993-2999