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Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is in the Phillipines to promote Canadian agri-food products.

Minister Bibeau has a number of meetings scheduled with Filipino government officials and stakeholders from various agriculture and agri-food industries and organizations. 

Yesterday, she met with senior representatives of Tim Horton's Phillipines to discuss the Canadian firm's experiences
and future plans there. 

She also toured the Phillipine Foremost Milling Corporation to discuss their experiences in importing and using
Canadian Wheat. 

Today, Minister Bibeau will meet with a number of government officials and other stakeholders from the meat and milling
industries.

The overall goal during her visit is to demonstrate Canada's interest in advancing agricultural trade,  promote Canadian agri-food products and grow market access.

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