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NOTE TO EDITORS/AGRICULTURE--NAFTA CHALLENGE
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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.
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Contact: Jack Johnson 902-895-0036
trp Feb. 14, 1996 - 10:10 a.m.