AMENDMENT – Invitation to media – Press conference on support for Bromont business Exxel Polymers Inc.

Please note that this previously released media advisory has been amended due to the following change: The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will unfortunately not be able to take part in this announcement.

Bromont, Quebec, May 23, 2024 — The Honourable Pascale St‑Onge, Member of Parliament for Brome–Missisquoi and Minister of Canadian Heritage, on behalf of the Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED), along with Isabelle Charest, Minister Responsible for Sports, Recreation and the Outdoors and Member for Brome-Missisquoi, on behalf of the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister Responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region, Pierre Fitzgibbon, invite media representatives to a press conference on support for Exxel Polymers Inc., a Bromont-based business specializing in the reuse of recovered plastic materials and in the creation of virgin resin.

Media representatives are also invited to participate in a tour of the business following the press conference.

Date:
May 24, 2024

Time:
2 p.m.

Location:
Exxel Polymers Inc.
99 Boulevard de l’Aéroport
Bromont, Quebec
J2L 1S8

We ask any journalists interested in attending this press conference to confirm their presence by writing to the following email address by 9 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2024: conferences@dec‑ced.gc.ca. The precise address of the event will then be transmitted to them. Only duly accredited media representatives will have access to the room. CED will use the email addresses received to send out the news release the day of the announcement.

Sources

Marie-Justine Torres
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Cell: 613-327-5918
marie-justine.torresames@ised-isde.gc.ca

Mathieu St-Amand
Communications Director
Office of the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Minister Responsible for Regional Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region
Tel.: 418-691-5650

Maryse Dubois
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister Responsible for Sports, Recreation and the Outdoors and Member for Brome–Missisquoi
Tel.: 450-266-7410, ext. 81311

Information

Media Relations
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
media@dec-ced.gc.ca

Jean-Pierre D’Auteuil
Head of Media Relations
Communications Branch
Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie
relationsmedias@economie.gouv.qc.ca
Cell: 418-559-0710