The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will attend a meeting regarding the Atlantic Growth Strategy on Tuesday, July 10, at Credit Union Place in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. A news conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. (NDT) at the conclusion of the meeting.
For the meeting, Premier Ball will join the Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island; the Honourable Brian Gallant, Premier of New Brunswick; the Honourable Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia; the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board; the Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard; the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health; and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence.
Media can participate in the news conference in person or via teleconference. In both cases, journalists are required to register online:
- Registration Website: www.scicsonline.ca
- Registration PIN: 888656
The teleconference line will open at 1:45 p.m. (NDT):
- Toll-free number: 1-866-206-0153
- Passcode: 8454178#
A live video stream with the floor audio from the news conference will be available:
- On Periscope at: http://www.twitter.com/ACOACanada
- Via Facebook Live at: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianInnovation/
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Media contacts
Michelle Cannizzaro
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960
michellecannizzaro@gov.nl.ca
Étienne Chiasson
Communications Coordinator
Public Affairs and Media Relations
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
506-851-2873
Etienne.Chiasson@canada.ca