[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Another bunch of our troops off today for the badlands..
God Speed..

Media Advisory - Soldiers from Valcartier heading for Afghanistan
VALCARTIER GARRISON, QC, Oct. 30 /CNW Telbec/ - About 80 soldiers from
Valcartier will be deployed in Afghanistan tonight from the Jean-Lesage
International Airport, Quebec City.
The Honourable Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Defence, and the
Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation and for la
Francophonie and Official Languages, will be present at the Jean-Lesage
International Airport to meet with the soldiers on their departure. M. Steven
Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse will also attend the
departure.

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What: Images/Photos Opportunity

Where: Main terminal, Jean-Lesage International Airport, Quebec City

When: Monday, October, 30 2006
8:00 p.m. - arriving of media representatives
8:10 p.m. - interviews with soldiers
8:20 p.m. - meeting between Members of Parliament and soldiers
(images /photos opportunity)
9:30 p.m. end of the event
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The contingent is composed of two groups: one responsible for the
protection of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), the other involved in
the training and mentoring of the Afghan Army. The PRT is responsible of
rebuilding projects in the Kandahar region and helps the population to better
its life conditions. The group that trains and mentor's the Afghan Army,
contributes to better the capacity of the Afghan Army to manage the security
in its own country, an important step towards autonomy.



For further information: Captain Eric Chamberland, Public Affairs
Officer of 5 CMBG, (418) 844-5000, ext 4688, Canada