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MEDIA ADVISORIES
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold">February 16, 2007<br>
No. A/8</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-weight: bold">SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP MINISTERIAL MEETING </span></p>
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<p>The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency, the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety,
and the Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry, will meet their Mexican and
U.S. counterparts—Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of the
Interior Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, Secretary of Economy Eduardo Sojo
Garza-Aldape, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff, and Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez—in Ottawa on
Friday, February 23, 2007, to discuss the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North
America.</p>
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<p>The Security and Prosperity Partnership was launched in 2005 to ensure continued
economic prosperity in Canada, the United States and Mexico and to increase the
security of citizens in all three countries. Additional information on the Security and
Prosperity Partnership is available at <a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20071120194809/http://www.spp-psp.gc.ca/"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.spp-psp.gc.ca</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000">Media representatives who wish to cover this event must contact the Foreign Affairs
Media Relations Office at 613-995-1874 by 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday,
February 21, 2007, to register for all media availabilities. Representatives will then be
provided with the required information to obtain an accreditation pass. Access will be
restricted to media representatives with proper accreditation.</span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Event:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Photo opportunity</span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Date:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Friday, February 23, 2007</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Time:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">10:00 a.m. EST</span></p>
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<td class="table1column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Location:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table1column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Skelton Lobby</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Lester B. Pearson Building</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">125 Sussex Drive</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Ottawa, Ontario</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Event:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table2column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Joint media availability: Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Mexican and
U.S. counterparts</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Date:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table2column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Friday, February 23, 2007</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Time:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table2column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">3:45 p.m. EST</span></p>
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<td class="table2column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Location:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table2column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Main Lobby</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Lester B. Pearson Building</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">125 Sussex Drive</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Ottawa, Ontario</span></p>
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<table width="100%" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">
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<td class="table3column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Event:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Joint media availability: Minister of Public Safety and Minister of Industry
and their Mexican and U.S. counterparts</span></p>
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<td class="table3column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Date:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Friday, February 23, 2007</span></p>
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<td class="table3column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Time:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">approximately 4:00 p.m. EST</span></p>
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<td class="table3column1" width="14%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Location:</span></span></p>
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<td class="table3column2" width="86%" style="padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" valign="top"><p><span style="color: #000000">Main Lobby</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Lester B. Pearson Building</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">125 Sussex Drive</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000">Ottawa, Ontario</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000">For more information, please contact:</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000">Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<br>
613-995-1874<br>
</span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20071120194809/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></a><span style="color: #000000"></span></p>
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