The Honourable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, will attend a meeting on the Atlantic Growth Strategy tomorrow (February 20) in Riverview, New Brunswick.
Premier Ball will join the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard; the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe; the Honourable Brian Gallant, Premier of New Brunswick; the Honourable Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island; the Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board; the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence; the Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship; and the Honourable Karen Casey, Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia and Minister of Finance and Treasury Board.
A news conference will be held at 12:45 p.m. (NDT) and local media can participate via telephone conference. Media are required to register online:
Registration Website: www.scicsonline.ca
Registration PIN: 372092
Toll-free number: 1-866-206-0153
Passcode: 1642943#
A live video stream with the floor audio from the news conference will be available on Periscope at: www.twitter.com/ACOACanada.
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Media contacts
Richard Gauthier
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
613-404-1329, TTY: 1-877-456-6500
richard.gauthier2@canada.ca
Michelle Cannizzaro
Office of the Premier
709-729-3960
michellecannizzaro@gov.nl.ca