NOTE TO EDITORS:

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Administrative Integration Agreement

John Ottenheimer, Minister of Youth Services and Post-Secondary Education, and Paul Bonwick, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Minister Human Resources and Skills Development with special emphasis on Student Loans, have scheduled a news conference for Monday, February 16, to officially announce the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Administrative Integration Agreement for the delivery of student financial assistance.

A technical briefing for the news media will be held at 9:30 a.m., with a news conference to follow at 10:30 a.m. in the Media Centre, Ground Floor, Confederation Building, East Block.

Media contact:
           Lynn Salter, Communications
           Department of Youth Services and Post-Secondary Education
           Department of Education
           (709) 729-0048

           Media Relations Office
           Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
           (819) 994-5559

2004 02 13                                        1:55 p.m.