MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2012

2014 Health Care Accord – First Ministers Meet in Victoria

VICTORIA – The Council of Canadians and the British Columbia Health Coalition (BCHC) with pro-public health care allies, will be holding a townhall and press conference in Victoria, British Columbia when the First Ministers will be meeting to discuss the 2014 Health Care Accord, January 16-17, 2012.

WHAT:  MEDIA CONFERENCE on the need for a health accord that will protect, strengthen and extend medicare.

WHEN: January 16, at 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Hotel Grand Pacific, East Vancouver Island Ballroom (463 Belleville St, Victoria, B.C.)

Featuring:

• Council of Canadians, Chairperson, Maude Barlow
  
• Check Your Head, Vince Terstappen   
  
• National Union of Public and General Employees and Vice-President of the Health Sciences Association of BC, Val Avery.
  
• Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Dr. Vanessa Brcic

WHAT: PUBLIC FORUM on the 2014 Health Care Accord

WHEN: January 16, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 

WHERE: Da Vinci Centre, 195 Bay Street, Victoria, BC

Featuring:

• Council of Canadians Chairperson, Maude Barlow
  
• Parkland Institute, Diana Gibson
• National Union of Public and General Employees, Mike Luff

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For More Information:

Adrienne Silnicki, Health Campaigner, The Council of Canadians, 902.440.4296, asilnicki@canadians.org
Twitter: @CouncilOfCDNs, #2014HealthAccord

The Council of Canadians is Canada’s largest member-based social justice organization. The Council advocates for a strengthened public health care system in Canada that ensures everyone has access to medically necessary services. The Council campaigns for provincial and federal governments to enforce the Canada Health Act and to create stand-alone legislation on pharmacare, continuing care, vision care, dental care, and mental health services.