Executive Council
December 5, 2006Premier
Williams to Welcome Atlantic Premiers to Newfoundland and Labrador
The 13th Session of the Council of Atlantic Premiers
(CAP) will be held in St. John�s on Wednesday, December 6. The
Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, says
the meeting will focus on issues of common importance to the four
premiers and Atlantic Canadians generally.
�This year, I have the pleasure of serving as chair of the Council of
the Federation (COF) and I was so pleased to host my colleagues from
across the country in our province for the Annual COF Summer Meeting,�
said Premier Williams. �I am very pleased to once again host my
colleagues from Atlantic Canada in our province, as we discuss issues of
mutual concern. I am confident we will have a productive meeting on the
issues that are of importance to us all such as energy policy, federal
economic and fiscal policies, immigration and Atlantic regional economic
development.�
�This week�s meeting will be the first opportunity for premiers Graham
and MacDonald to participate in CAP, and I am so pleased to welcome them
to this important forum,� continued Premier Williams. �Along with
Premier Binns, I know we have a strong complement of premiers whose
number one priority is to serve the best interests of their respective
provinces and the region of Atlantic Canada as a whole. I look forward
to very productive meetings, and to emerging with strong policies which
will advance the issues of Atlantic Canada on the national agenda.�
The meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6, at the
Delta St. John�s Hotel. A photo opportunity will be available between
9:30 and 9:40 a.m. in Salon F and G of the Harbourview Ballroom. A news
conference will be held in the Brownsdale Room at 1:30 p.m. A media
working area will be located in the St. Mary�s Bay Room and will be
available beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 6.
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Media contact:
Elizabeth Matthews
Director of Communications
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960, 351-1227
elizabethmatthews@gov.nl.ca
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