Media Advisory: Atlantic Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Province

The Atlantic Ministers of Agriculture are meeting today (Monday, June 16) at the Humber Valley Resort.

The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Natural Resources and Minister Responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, is pleased to welcome her colleagues from Atlantic Canada. Attending the meeting are the Honourable Neil LeClair, Prince Edward Island Minister of Agriculture; the Honourable Brooke Taylor, Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture; and the Hounorable Ronald Ouellette, New Brunswick Minister of Agriculture and Aquaculture.

The Atlantic Ministers will be available to the media at noon in the Eagle�s Perch Banquet Room, Humber Valley Resort.

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Media contact:
Tracy Barron
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 690-8241
tracybarron@gov.nl.ca

2008 06 16                         9:10 a.m.