Media Advisory - Minister Goodale to make a border announcement

OTTAWA, June 14, 2016 /CNW/ - The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, will make a border announcement.

The ministerial announcement will be followed by a media technical briefing.

Date
June 15, 2016

Time
3:20 p.m. EDT Ministerial Announcement
4:00 p.m. EDT Media Technical Briefing

Location
Ministerial Announcement
The House of Commons Foyer
Ottawa, Ontario

Journalists who are not members of the National Press Gallery will require accreditation from the gallery in advance. For more information, contact Collin Lafrance at [email protected].

Media Technical Briefing Teleconference
Participant dial-in numbers
Local: 613-960-7526
Toll-free from Canada and U.S.: 877-413-4814
Pass code: 7122763

A technical spokesperson from the Canada Border Services Agency will be available to answer questions specific to its mandate. The media technical briefing is for background information only, not for attribution.

To receive a media kit for the technical briefing, please register in advance with Canada Border Services Agency media relations.

Telephone: [phone] or 1-877-761-5945
Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

Scott Bardsley, Office of Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 613-998-5681; Media Relations, Public Safety Canada, 613-991-0657