NOTE TO EDITORS:

David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry, Tom Hedderson, Minister of Education, R. John Efford, Minister of Natural Resources Canada, and Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, together with Dean MacDonald, President and CEO of Persona Communications Corp. invite you to attend a news conference for a joint announcement on rural broadband infrastructure funding. A media question and answer period will follow the statements from the ministers and Mr. MacDonald.

Date: September 15, 2005
Time: 2:45 p.m.
Location: Media Centre, East Block, Confederation Building, St. John�s

Media contact:
Industry Canada, (613) 943-2502
Nora Daly, Communications, (709) 729-1906

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