June 16, 2011 - Canada’s Western Premiers will meet in the Northwest Territories (NWT) next week.
NWT Premier Floyd K. Roland will host and chair the 2011 Western Premiers’ Conference with meetings scheduled in Yellowknife and Fort Simpson from June 20-22nd.
Premiers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories will discuss matters of common importance and concern including partnerships with the US and Asia, strategic economic opportunities in western Canada in areas such as energy, labour market and investment and initiatives aimed at building safer communities and healthy families.
While in the NWT, Premiers will also visit the spectacular Nahanni National Park and join residents of Yellowknife and Fort Simpson in local events and discussions marking National Aboriginal Day (June 21st) - a statutory holiday for residents of the Northwest Territories.
This is the third time the Western Premiers' Conference has been held in the NWT. The Northwest Territories previously hosted the conference in Yellowknife in 1998 and in Inuvik in 2004.
For more information, contact:
Drew Williams
Press Secretary for Premier/Cabinet
Government of the Northwest Territories
Phone (867) 669-2304
drew_williams@gov.nt.ca
or visit: www.wpc2011.ca