Media Advisory - Minister Holder, MP Trottier to announce new investment in genomic solutions to industry challenges

TORONTO, June 4, 2015 /CNW/ - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) along with Bernard Trottier, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for La Francophonie and Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Lakeshore, will make an important announcement related to applied genomics solutions to industry challenges. Minister Holder will be joined by Lorne Hepworth, Chair of Genome Canada.

Prior to the announcement, dignitaries and media are invited to tour the Molecular Diagnostics Division at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network. Media interviews can be arranged following the announcement.

Date:	June 5, 2015
Time:	9:45 a.m. tour, 10:15 a.m. announcement
Location:	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
	610 University Avenue
	Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9
	Tour: Room 10-625
	Announcement: 7^th Floor Atrium

 

SOURCE Genome Canada

Scott French, Director of Communications and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Minister of State (Science and Technology), 343-291-2700; Media Relations, Industry Canada, 343-291-1777, [email protected] ; Andrea Matyas, Director, Communications, Genome Canada, [email protected], 613-790-0106