Media Advisory - Ministers Alexander and Mackay reinforce the value of Canadian Citizenship at Pier 21

HALIFAX, Feb. 20, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, and Peter MacKay, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, will be available to media in Halifax regarding the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act.

Media is also invited to join the Ministers as they tour the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 including a Black History Month exhibit, and then visit Maritime Forces Atlantic for a brief tour*.

*Please note the tour at the naval base is a photo-op only.  Still and video cameras will be permitted. Photographers/videographers wishing to enter the base for this event must RSVP with CIC Media Relations in advance (by C.O.B. February 20) and provide the name of each individual wishing to enter, as well as the vehicle make, model and licence plate. 

DATE:	Friday, February 21 2014
TIME:	11:00 a.m. (local time) *
	*Photo-op with Maritime Forces Atlantic will follow at approx. 12:30.
LOCATION:
	Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
	Rudolph P. Bratty Exhibition Hall
	1055 Marginal Rd
	Halifax, NS
	Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard at CFB Halifax; entrance through Rainbow Gate.

 

SOURCE: Citizenship and Immigration Canada

(media only):
Alexis Pavlich
Minister's Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-954-1064

Media Relations
Citizenship and Immigration Canada National Headquarters
613-952-1650
[email protected]