Media Advisory/Canadian Labour Congress: DATE CHANGE - April 22 at 10:00 am


OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 20, 2016) - On April 22, the Canadian Labour Congress will host a news conference to talk about why this year's National Day of Mourning on April 28 will focus on asbestos.

What: News conference
When: 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 22
Where: National Press Theatre
Who: Hassan Yussuff, President, Canadian Labour Congress
Renée Guay, Advocate
Fred Clare, Vice President (Eastern Canada), International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
Paul Demers, Ph.D., Director, Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario
Michelle Côté, daughter of Clem Côté, a London-area boilermaker diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2014
Call in information:
Local: 613-233-1979
Toll-free (Canada/US): 866-696-5910
Passcode: 7124299

Contact Information:

Chantal St-Denis
CLC Communications
613-355-1962
cstdenis@clc-ctc.ca