From the CP Access to Info files: The Medium is the Message Event Proposal
You've read -- at least, I assume you've read, and you haven't, you really should -- the first installment in what is expected to be a three-part series from Canadian Press on the government's meticulous micro-message-management -- now peruse the source documents (also courtesy CP) for a bit more insight into the glamorous life of a departmental communications officer:
Regional visit by then-Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs) Helena Guergis to Costa Rica and Nicaragua - November 6-7, 2007
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