OTTAWA – On Monday, April 1, 2019, Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, will speak before the Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) and the Nunavut Mining Symposium. 

Topic

The Importance of Trade

Time

15:10 (Eastern Time)

Place

Frobisher Inn
Baffin Room
Astro Hill Complex
Iqaluit, Nunavut

Lock-Up

At 13:25 (ET), copies of the speech will be made available to journalists, under embargo at the Bank’s head office in Ottawa. The embargo will be lifted at 14:55 (ET). Please use the Bank of Canada Museum entrance, located at 30 Bank Street (corner of Bank and Wellington), and have your press card with you.

For security reasons, those wishing to attend the lock-up must confirm by calling Media Relations at 613-782-8782 before noon (ET) on Friday, March 29, 2019.

Distribution

The Governor’s text will be available at 14:55 (ET) on the Bank’s website.

Press Conference

At approximately 16:30 (ET), the Governor will hold a press conference in the Kitikmeot Room.

Audience Q&A

There will be an audience Q&A period.

Webcast

Audio and video webcasts of the speech and media questions will be available.

Note

Media wishing to attend are asked to contact Lauren Nevin.

For more information, please contact Media Relations at 613-782-8782.