Media Advisory - Cornwall Inquiry Commissioner provides details on release of
report
CORNWALL, ON,
The public release will take place at the Ramada Inn (
Printed copies of the Report will also be available to the public on-site, immediately following the Commissioner's statement. After tabling the Report, copies will be available (while quantities last) until
The Cornwall Public Inquiry was established by the Government of Ontario on
Note: There will be a lockup for the media at the Ramada Inn in Cornwall prior to the public release. Details of the lock up are attached and will also be posted in the 'Media' section of the Inquiry website.
Details of Media Lock-Up:
There will be a lock-up for the media from
Attendees will be required to sign an undertaking prior to entering the lock-up. Attendance at the lock-up is also conditional upon the strict adherence to an electronic device prohibition.
The following is the procedure for the lock-up: - Only media representatives from recognized media outlets may attend the lock-up. - The media lock-up will take place in the St. Lawrence East room of the Ramada Inn. - Media outlets may attend with enough reporters as they deem reasonably necessary. - Attendees to the lock-ups will be escorted and/or supervised during the lock-up, at the break and until they are seated for the beginning of the Commissioner's statement. No one may leave the lock-up, except for escorted washroom trips. - Attendees must sign an undertaking agreeing not to discuss or otherwise disseminate any information about the report to anyone until the end of the Commissioner's statement on December 15, 2009. - Attendees must declare and relinquish all cell phones, blackberries, personal digital assistants, pagers, laptops, or other electronic devices. If surrendered to lock-up attendants, they will be returned at the end of the lock-up. - There will be no access to telephones, printers, copiers, scanners or the internet while in the lock-up. - Participants may make handwritten notes that they may take with them when they leave. These notes are subject to the undertaking. Details of the tabling of the report: - The lock-up will end at 10:45 a.m. - The Commissioner's speech will begin - in the Simon Fraser Ballroom - at 11 a.m. - Immediately following the speech, there will be a Q&A with Commission staff for members of the media only for approximately 30 minutes. On-hand to answer questions will be Peter Engelmann, Commission lead counsel; Pierre Dumais, Commission counsel; and Colleen Parrish, director of policy, Phase 2.
It is recommended that the media arrive by
In order to ensure space and an adequate number of reports, the media is asked to inform
For further information: Joan Weinman, (613) 294-5679
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