New opinion piece on Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres published in Hill Times

A new opinion piece about the launch of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres was published on Monday (April 29, 2019) in the Hill Times. The piece, written by Oakville PM Pam Damoff, highlights the impact that the new network will have on cancer research and care across Canada and calls the Federal government's decision to invest up to $150 million over the next five years a "transformational investment in cancer research that brings us one step closer to ending cancer".
A link to the article on the Hill Times website can be found here.
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To see other articles about the launch of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres, click here.
The piece calls the Federal government's decision to invest up to $150 million over the next five years a "transformational investment in cancer research that brings us one step closer to ending cancer.
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