The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, the Honourable Terry Beech, Minister of Citizens' Services, and the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, will hold a press conference to make an important announcement on oral health care.

December 8, 2023, OTTAWA, ON – The Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, the Honourable Terry Beech, Minister of Citizens' Services, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, and the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour and Seniors, will hold a press conference to make an important announcement on oral health care.

Participants will be available to answer questions from the media following their remarks.

Cameras will be invited to a photo opportunity before the press conference begins.

There will be a virtual media technical briefing with Government of Canada officials prior to the press conference.

Date

December 11, 2023

Time

Virutal technical briefing: 8:30 AM (EST)

Photo opportunity: 10:00 AM (EST)

Ministerial press conference: 10:30 AM (EST)

Location

Ministerial photo opportunity and press conference:

Algonquin College, Nawapon Room
1385 Woodroffe Avenue
Building C
Nepean, Ontario

Media may also join the event by Zoom.

To obtain the link to the event and the briefing material under embargo, please communicate by email at media@hc-sc.gc.ca.

The technical briefing will also be held on Zoom and will be for background information only (not for attribution). The content of the technical briefing will be under embargo until the press conference starts at 10:30AM.

Participation in the question and answer portion of the technical briefing is for accredited members of the Press Gallery only. The Press Gallery will provide the link to the Zoom for the technical briefing. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact pressres2@parl.gc.ca for temporary access.

NOTE: To help ensure optimal simultaneous interpretation sound quality, journalists are encouraged to use a microphone (headphones/headset) or, when possible, a landline, and to avoid using speaker mode if queuing up for questions.

A teleconference line is also available for listening to the technical briefing:

Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US):
1-866-206-0153
Local dial-in number:
613-954-9003
Participant passcode: 6997834#

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Media Inquiries:

Christopher Aoun
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Mark Holland
Minister of Health
613-291-4176
christopher.aoun@hc-sc.gc.ca

Erik Nosaluk  
Director of Communications  
Office of the Minister of Citizens’ Services, Terry Beech  
erik.nosaluk@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca

Olivier Pilon
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
613-323-6621
olivier.pilon@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca

Hartley Witten
Press Secretary and Senior Communications Advisor
Office of the Minister of Labour and Seniors, Seamus O’Regan Jr.
343-575-1065
hartley.witten@labour-travail.gc.ca

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