Charlottetown, PE – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The Honourable Wayne Easter, Member of Parliament for Malpeque, on behalf of the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, together with the Honourable Bloyce Thompson, Prince Edward Island Minister of Agriculture and Land, will announce a new initiative to assist hog producers affected by processing shut downs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date


April 16, 2021

Time
2:30 p.m. (Atlantic Daylight Time)

Participation information
Access by videoconference: https://canada.webex.com/canada/j.php?MTID=mfa6c152d71b30aebee7b936d58f97a67

Conference number: 129 459 4114

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Please contact the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Media Relations team to register and obtain instructions.

For more information
Jean-Sébastien Comeau 

Press Secretary

Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 

jean-sebastien.comeau@canada.ca

343-549-2326 

Media Relations

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 

Ottawa, Ontario

613-773-7972

1-866-345-7972 

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Ron Ryder

Communications Officer

Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Land

Charlottetown, PE

902-314-6367

rrryder@gov.pe.ca