OTTAWA, October 17, 2005 -- The Bank of Canada's Monetary Policy
Report will be released on Thursday, 20 October 2005.
07:30 Lock-up: Journalists are invited to review the Monetary Policy
Report under the usual conditions of a lock-up, at the Bank's head
office in Ottawa and at the regional offices in Toronto and
Montréal.
09:00 Media briefing session: Senior Bank officers will provide
background information and respond to questions on the contents of
the Report during the lock-up. Reporters in Toronto and Montréal
will be linked to the briefing by video conference.
Information gathered at the session may be used freely in news
reports and commentaries, provided it is not attributed to the
Bank or its officers. Electronic recording is not permitted.
Note: The briefing session will take place during the lock-up. For
security reasons, those wishing to attend must confirm by calling
Joanne Gagnon-Delorme at (613) 782-7859 before noon on Wednesday,
19 October. (Please use the East Tower entrance and be sure to
have your press card with you.)
10:30 End of lock-up and embargo lifted. The Monetary Policy Report will
be distributed as follows:
in the lobbies of the East and West towers of the Bank's
head office
at the Parliamentary Press Gallery (Room 350-N,
Centre Block, and Room 607, Wellington Building)
at the Bank's regional offices in Halifax, Montréal,
Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver
on the Bank's website at http://www.bankofcanada.ca
11:15 News conference: The Governor of the Bank of Canada, David Dodge,
will hold a news conference to discuss the contents of the Report
at the Press Theatre, National Press Building, 150 Wellington
Street, Ottawa. He will be accompanied by Senior Deputy Governor
Paul Jenkins.
NOTE: Audio webcasts of the news conference will be available. To
listen to the webcast, you will need to have a recent version of
RealPlayer or Windows Media Player installed on your computer.
The webcast will be accessible from this location:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/real/index.html .
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Information:
Jeremy Harrison
Tel.: (613) 782-8782
E-mail: jharrison@bankofcanada.ca
