Media Advisory: Atlantic Canada Premiers� Mission

Executive Council
January 17, 2007

The following is being distributed at the request of the Council of Atlantic Premiers:

Media Advisory: Atlantic Canada Premiers� Mission
Thursday, January 25 to Saturday, January 27

The Council of Atlantic Premiers Mission to Alberta will take place from January 25 to 27, 2007. Premier of Prince Edward Island Pat Binns, Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham, Premier of Nova Scotia Rodney MacDonald, and Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Danny Williams will travel to Edmonton and Fort McMurray to promote trade and investment opportunities between Alberta and Atlantic Canada.

Following is the agenda for the mission:

Thursday, January 25:

Atlantic Premiers� Reception with Alberta and Atlantic Business Leaders, Edmonton;

Private Premiers� meeting with Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach.

Friday, January 26

Breakfast Hosted by Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Authority, Nisku Inn, 8 a.m. Event open to the media, and a scrum will follow at 9:30 a.m. If media are interested in attending this activity, contact Janice Henderson, Council of Atlantic Premiers, jhenderson@cap-cpma.ca, by January 23.

Premiers� editorial board with the Edmonton Journal;

Delegation travels to Fort McMurray;

Guided tour of Syncrude for delegation. Photo opportunity for media at 4:30 p.m. If media are interested in attending this activity, contact Alain Moore, Syncrude, 780-790-6406.

Atlantic Premiers� Reception with Fort McMurray and Atlantic Business Leaders, Fort McMurray.

The following companies will participate in the mission:

New Brunswick: ATCON, based in Miramichi; Sunny Corner Enterprises Ltd, Miramichi; Kent Homes, Bouctouche; Neill and Gunter, Fredericton; XWAVE, Fredericton; PQA Testing, Fredericton; Warren Group, Rexton; and A. Hachey Construction Ltd., Rivi�re-du-Portage.

Newfoundland and Labrador: Cahill Group of Companies, St. John�s; Penney Energy, St. John�s; C&W Offshore Ltd., Mount Pearl; Metal World Inc., St. John�s; D.F. Barnes Ltd., St. John�s; Bull Arm Site Corp., Arnold�s Cove; Peter Kiewit Sons Co, Marystown.; M&M Offshore Ltd., St. John�s; Production Services Network, St. John�s.

Nova Scotia: A.F. Theriault and Son Ltd., Meteghan River; The MacGregor Group, New Glasgow; Laurentian Steel Fabricators, Sydney; J.D. Irving Offshore Services, Halifax; Neill and Gunter, Dartmouth; Trenton Works Ltd., Trenton; Nova Scotia Community College.

Prince Edward Island: Dunk River Industries Ltd., Middleton; Charlottetown Metal Products, Charlottetown; MacDougall Steel Erectors Inc., Borden-Carleton; CUMI Canada Inc., Summerside; Diversified Metal Engineering Ltd., Charlottetown; Harland Associates 02 Inc., Charlottetown; University of PEI, Charlottetown.

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Media contacts:

Glenn Davis Communications Officer Council of Atlantic Premiers 902-424-7606	Nova Scotia Joe Gillis Office of the Premier 902-497-7263 gillisj@gov.ns.ca
New Brunswick Marie-Andree Bolduc Office of the Premier 506-444-2286 Marie-Andree.Bolduc@gnb.ca	Sarah Ketcheson Communications Business New Brunswick 506-444-4983
Prince Edward Island Dennis King Office of the Premier 902-368-4402 mdking@gov.pe.ca	Newfoundland and Labrador Elizabeth Matthews Office of the Premier 709-729-3960, 351-1227 elizabethmatthews@gov.nl.ca

2007 01 17 4:45 p.m.

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