Government of Canada

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2008) - The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will meet their Mexican and U.S. counterparts - Secretary of Economy Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mourino Terrazo, Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff in Los Cabos, Mexico, on February 27-28, 2008, to discuss the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).

The SPP was launched in 2005 to ensure continued economic prosperity in Canada, the United States and Mexico and to increase the security of citizens in all three countries. Additional information on the SPP is available at www.spp-psp.gc.ca.

Media availability is scheduled to take place at:

Date:     February 28, 2008


Time:     8:00 a.m. (local time)


Location: Sheraton Hacienda del Mar
          Los Cabos, Mexico