Friday, 24 March 2006
OTTAWA—On Wednesday, 29 March 2006, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, David Dodge, will speak to the New York Association for Business Economics (NYABE).
Topic:
Global Imbalances: Why Worry? What to Do?
Time:
13:20 (ET)
Place:
The Harvard Club
Cambridge Room
27 West, 44th Street
New York, NY
Lock-up:
At 12:05 (Eastern Standard Time), copies of the speech will be available to journalists, under embargo. The lock-up will be held at the Bank's head office in Ottawa. The embargo will be lifted at 13:05 (Eastern Standard Time), 15 minutes before the scheduled beginning of the speech. (Please use the East Tower entrance at 245 Sparks Street and have your press card with you.)
For security reasons, those wishing to attend the lock-up must confirm by calling Joanne Gagnon-Delorme at 613 782-7859, before noon on Tuesday, 28 March.
Press Conference:
At approximately 14:10 (Eastern Standard Time), the Governor will hold a press conference.
Distribution:
The Governor's text will be available at 13:05 (Eastern Standard Time):
on site
at the Bank's regional offices in Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver
in the lobbies of the East and West Towers of the Bank's head office in Ottawa
on the Bank's website
NOTE: Audio webcasts of the speech and the press conference will be available. To listen to the webcasts, you will need to have a recent version of RealPlayer or Windows Media Player installed on your computer.
The webcasts will be accessible from this location: www.bankofcanada.ca/en/real
For more information, please contact Jeremy Harrison
at 613 782-8782 or jharrison@bankofcanada.ca.
