SHANGHAI, CHINA - Canadian expertise in wood construction will be on display

for the world to see with the opening today of the Vancouver Pavilion at

Shanghai Expo 2010.

 

The Honourable Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and

Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, along with British Columbia Premier

Gordon Campbell and other Canadian officials, attended the on-site ribbon

cutting ceremony today.

 

The Government of Canada has invested $2.5 million in the construction of the

Vancouver Pavilion, one of six offshore demonstration projects that promote

the use of Canadian wood in construction. This initiative is funded through

the $170-million Economic Action Plan investment in market development and

innovation