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NOTE TO EDITORS/AGRICULTURE--NAFTA CHALLENGE ------------------------------------------------------------ Agriculture Minister Wayne Gaudet, and Deputy Minister Arnold Rovers, will be meeting with Nova Scotia dairy, poultry and egg producers along with senior representatives of Dairy Farmers of Canada, Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency and Canadian Egg Marketing Agency, today (Wednesday Feb. 14). They will be discussing the threat posed to Canada, and in particular, Nova Scotia's agricultural economy, by the U.S. NAFTA challenge of Canada's right to convert import quotas into tariff equivalents for dairy, poultry and egg products. The minister and deputy minister, along with industry representatives will comment on the trade challenge and the potential consequences for Canada and Nova Scotia at 2 p.m. in the boardroom of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing, Joseph Howe Building, 7th Floor, 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax. -30- Contact: Jack Johnson 902-895-0036 trp Feb. 14, 1996 - 10:10 a.m.