THETFORD MINES, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 15, 2013) - Acting on behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture), invites representatives of the media to a news conference during which he will make an announcement concerning the Corporation de développement communautaire des Appalaches, région de Thetford.

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