Great Lakes and St Lawrence Cities Initiative to sign Great Lakes Pact with Ontario at annual conference in Toronto

Jul 14th, 2008 11:38 AM

Media Advisory Attention: News, Assignment and Environment Reporters and Editors Mayors call on Federal government to reinvest in “Cities as the Solution” to advance Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Protection Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative and Ontario to sign Great Lakes Pact at annual conference in Toronto WHAT: Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Annual Meeting & Conference – News Conference / Media Teleconference with a photo and video opportunity during signing ceremony for Great Lakes Memorandum of Cooperation Keynote addresses (see attached) WHEN: Thursday, July 17, 2008 (Signing ceremony at 1:00 p.m. EDT / News Conference and Media Teleconference at 1:20 p.m. EDT) WHERE: Sheraton Centre Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario (Signing ceremony in the Civic Ballroom with the News Conference / Media Teleconference in the City Hall Room) SPEAKERS: Toronto Mayor David Miller, Host Mayor & Founding Canadian Chair, GLSLCI Thunder Bay Mayor Lynn Peterson, Chair, GLSLCI The Honorable John Gerretsen, Ontario Minister of the Environment Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Founding U.S. Chair, GLSLCI Member mayors of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Contacts: Nicola Crawhall Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative On-site: 416-432-2739 Email: nicola.crawhall@sympatico.ca Melissa Soline Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative On-site: 773-456-0948 Email: melissa.soline@glslcities.org To join teleconference: Dial 888-262-0101 about 5 to 10 minutes before the press conference is scheduled to begin. Notify the operator that you are joining for the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Press Conference. You will be placed on hold until the press conference is started. KEYNOTE ADDRESSES GREAT LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE CITIES INITIATIVE 2008 ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING & CONFERENCE TORONTO, ONTARIO SHERATON CENTRE HOTEL Thursday July 17, 2008 8:30 am: Opening Remarks, Mayor David Miller Keynote Address, the Honorable Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario (via video feed) Dominion Ballroom 12:40 pm: Keynote Address, the Honorable John Gerretsen, Ontario Minister of Environment Dominion Ballroom Friday, July 18, 2008 8:30 am: Keynote Address, Cameron Davis, President/CEO, Alliance for the Great Lakes Dominion Ballroom 10:45 am: Keynote Address: Mayor Richard M. Daley, City of Chicago Dominion Ballroom 12:30 pm: Awards Luncheon Mayor Lynn Peterson, City of Thunder Bay Mayor Bob Benedetti, Ville de Beaconsfield Councillor Joanne Dies, Town of Ajax Mayor Yves Levesque, Ville de Trois-Rivières Civic Ballroom