{"id":58747,"date":"2019-08-13T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=58747"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:35","slug":"conference-call-to-announce-new-national-effort-supporting-universal-pharmacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/conference-call-to-announce-new-national-effort-supporting-universal-pharmacare\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Call to Announce New National Effort Supporting Universal Pharmacare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Conference Call to Announce New National Effort Supporting Universal Pharmacare\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Media are invited to participate in a conference call outlining a widespread effort by more than 1000 Canadian health care and public policy experts supporting a universal pharmacare system ahead of the fall federal election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 10 a.m. EST<br>\n<strong><br>\n<\/strong><strong>Who:<\/strong> &nbsp;&nbsp; Steve Morgan at the University of British Columbia\u2019s School of Population and Public Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marc-Andr\u00e9 Gagnon at Carleton University\u2019s School of Public Policy and Administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dial-in Phone Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-877-385-4099 Toll Free (Canada &amp; USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>613-212-4220 Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>514-395-9913 Montreal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>604-899-2339 Vancouver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>403-232-0994 Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>780-421-1483 Edmonton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>416-883-0133 Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access code:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6923575 #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media are invited to participate in a conference call outlining a widespread effort by more than 1000 Canadian health care and public policy experts supporting a universal pharmacare system ahead of the fall federal election. 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