MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 1, 2011

2014 Health Care Accord – Health Ministers Meet in Halifax

Halifax - The Council of Canadians, with pro-public health care allies, is organizing a citizens’ agenda and rally in Halifax, Nova Scotia when the provincial and territorial health ministers will be meeting to discuss the 2014 health care accord, November 24th-25th.

PRESS CONFERENCE on the need to protect, strengthen and extend Medicare.
WHEN: November 24th, at 10:00am. WHERE: Nova Scotia Legislature

Featuring:

• Council of Canadians, Chairperson, Maude Barlow
• Canadian Health Coalition National, Coordinator, Michael McBane
• Nova Scotia Citizen’s Health Care Network (NSCHCN), Provincial Coordinator, Kyle Buott
• Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Executive Director, Sean Meagher
• Nova Scotia Nurses Union, President, Janet Hazelton
• Canadian Health Professionals Secretariat,Co-Chair, Elisabeth Ballermann

PUBLIC FORUM on the next health care accord
WHEN: November 24th, 6:30pm. WHERE: Saint Andrews Church (corner of Robie & Cobourg, Halifax)

The event, co-hosted by the Council of Canadians and the NSCHCN, will feature a keynote address by Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council of Canadians, followed by short presentations on innovation in the public health care system by health care workers Linda Silas, CFNU; Elizabeth Ballaston, Co-Chair of the Canadian Health Professionals Secretariat; Bill Swan, Patient; Kyle Buott, Provincial Coordinator of the Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network. The remainder of the evening will focus on the creation of a 2014 Citizens’ Agenda where Nova Scotians will advocate for what they want in the next health care accord.

RALLY to protect public health care
WHEN: November 25th, 12pm. WHERE: Victoria Park (Spring Garden Rd and South St)

The rally will take place across the street from the Health Ministers’ meeting. The rally will be to support the call to protect, strengthen and extend Medicare in the 2014 health care accord. 

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For More Information:

Adrienne Silnicki, Health Campaigner, Council of Canadians, 902.422.7811, asilnicki@canadians.org
Dylan Penner, Media Officer, Council of Canadians, 613.795.8685, dpenner@canadians.org
Twitter: @CouncilOfCDNs, #2014HealthAccord