OTTAWA, June 19, 2014 /CNW/ - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Chris Alexander, Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister, will make an important announcement on reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
A lock-up, including a technical briefing by senior government officials, will precede the announcement.
Please note that all details are subject to change.
| DATE: | Friday, June 20, 2014 |
| TIME: |
Documents available for viewing: 11:30 a.m. EDT Technical briefing: 12:00 p.m. EDT - 1:15 p.m. EDT News conference: 1:30 p.m. EDT |
| PLACE: |
National Press Theatre 150 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario |
Journalists must respect the terms of a lock-up undertaking until Ministers Kenney and Alexander begin to speak at the news conference shortly after 1:30 p.m. Journalists will not be allowed to leave the embargoed technical briefing prior to 1:30 p.m.
Journalists who are not members of the National Press Gallery must obtain accreditation from the Gallery in advance. For more information, contact Collin Lafrance at [email protected].
Lock-up information:
Journalists wishing to attend the lock-up will be required to sign an undertaking.
News conference:
Journalists outside of the region can also call in to listen to the news conference at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
Participant dial-in: 877-413-4814 Participant pass code: 8894586
SOURCE: Employment and Social Development Canada
(media only):
Alexandra Fortier
Office of Minister Kenney
819-994-2482
Media Relations Office
Employment and Social Development Canada
819-994-5559
[email protected]
Alexis Pavlich
Office of Minister Alexander
613-954-1064
Media Relations Office
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
613-952-1650
[email protected]
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