Executive Council
December 5, 2006

Premier 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

2006 12 05                                        9:40 a.m.


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