/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Minister Ashfield to make important
announcement regarding funding for health services research/

FREDERICTON, NB, Feb. 26 /CNW Telbec/ - On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, will announce federal support for research that aims to improve health services in New Brunswick and across the country.

    
    Who:   Hon. Keith Ashfield, Minister of National Revenue, Minister for
           the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Minister for the
           Atlantic Gateway, and Member of Parliament for Fredericton,
           Government of Canada
           Hon. Greg Byrne, Minister of Finance, Government of New Brunswick
           Dr. Alain Beaudet, President, Canadian Institutes of Health
           Research
           Dr. Gregory Kealy, Provost and Vice-President (Research),
           University of New Brunswick
           Mr. Robert Simpson, Executive Director, New Brunswick Health
           Research Foundation

    When:  Monday, March 1, 2010
           1:00 pm Atlantic Time

    Where: University of New Brunswick
           J. Harper Kent Auditorium Wu
           Conference Centre
           6 Duffie Drive
           Fredericton, New Brunswick
    

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For further information: For media assistance contact: Josée Bellemare, Press Secretary to the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, [phone]; David Coulombe, Media Relations, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, [phone]; Natalie Montgomery, Communications and Marketing, University of New Brunswick, [phone]