Minister MacKay To Lead Canada's Atlantic Gateway Business Mission to India Next Week

Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), will lead an Atlantic Gateway-focused business mission to India from February 18 to 22, 2008. The mission will include key business forums in New Delhi and Mumbai and promote Canada’s Atlantic Gateway to Indian shippers, business leaders and key government representatives. Mr. MacKay will be accompanied by provincial government representatives and a private sector delegation representing airports, ports, railways and transportation- related associations active in Atlantic Canada. Ministers from all four Atlantic Provinces include Angus MacIsaac, Deputy Premier, Minister of Economic Development, and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Gateway in Nova Scotia; Paul Oram, Minister of Business for Newfoundland and Labrador; Ron MacKinley, Minister of Transportation and Public Works for Prince Edward Island; and Denis Landry, Minister of Transportation for New Brunswick.