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News release
May 1st, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY
PSAC convention forum links human rights and environment
TORONTO – The Public Service Alliance of Canada's 14th triennial national convention is making the link between human rights and the environment. The union is also waiting to see what the federal budget has in store for Canadian workers and federal public sector workers in particular.
WHO:
Speakers at the convention's human rights forum:
- Sandra Carnegie-Douglas, co-founder of the Coalition of African Canadian Community Organizations and a program director with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.
- Terry Fenge, author and strategic counsel to the Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, specializing in Aboriginal rights and interests and environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation.
- Maria Eva Villate, lawyer, human rights instructor and president of ASDEP, the Union of Public Employees of the People's Defender's Office in Colombia and expert on the criminalization of social protests.
The forum will be chaired by OXFAM Canada Executive Director Robert Fox.
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 , at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Metropolitan Ballroom,
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel
1 Harbour Square , Toronto , Ontario
The Federal Budget
PSAC National President Nycole Turmel will be available to comment on the federal budget at 5:00 p.m. Contact PSAC communications staff to schedule interviews.
MEDIA:
Space is available in the Metropolitan Ballroom for the media who are welcome to attend all convention sessions. Media are asked to check in at the PSAC's media room, located in the Bay Room, one floor below the Ballroom. Interviews with speakers can be arranged upon request.
For information:
Pierre Lebel, PSAC Communications (613) 293-4663 (cell)
Denis Boivin, PSAC Communications (613) 324-0522 (cell)
Media room: (416) 957-7196
09-010506
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