Media Advisory: The Governments of Canada and Manitoba Announce Funding for Manitoba Post-Secondary Institutions

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - May 19, 2009) - The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Canada's Minister of State (Science and Technology), will join the Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board of Canada, the Honourable Diane McGifford, Manitoba Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy, and the Honourable Ron Lemieux, Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, to make a infrastructure funding announcement.

After the announcement, the ministers will be available to media for questions and answers. Following that, media are invited to join the ministers for a tour and photo opportunity of a new building construction site on the university campus.

Date:    Wednesday, May 20, 2009


Time:    9:30 a.m.


Place:   Convocation Hall, 2nd Floor, Wesley Hall
         University of Winnipeg
         515 Portage Avenue
         Winnipeg, Manitoba