OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO

MEDIA ADVISORY

For immediate release

27 April 2009

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR UNVEILS VICE-REGAL SUITE

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND LAUNCHES ART EXHIBIT

TORONTO – The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will host a reception, with members of Ontario’s accessibility community in attendance to celebrate the new accessible entrance to the Lieutenant Governor’s suite, and to inaugurate Connections, an exhibit of 16 Ontario artists with disabilities curated by the Abilities Arts Festival which will be on display in the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite for six months.

Following extensive renovations, the Vice-Regal Suite has been made fully accessible with the installation of a new elevator. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the Hon. Steve Peters, will join His Honour in cutting the ceremonial ribbon in front of the accessible entrance on the west drive of Queen’s Park.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

Who: The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Honourable Steve Peters, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

What: Reopening of the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite

Where: Accessible entrance, West Drive, Lieutenant Governor’s Suite, Queen’s Park, Toronto

When: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 1:45 p.m.

- Media are invited to remain after the ribbon-cutting for a ceremony, including speeches and an

indoor ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Lieutenant Governor’s Suite -

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Contact:

Nanda Casucci-Byrne

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

416-325-7780