SASKATCHEWAN INVESTING IN JUSTICE EMMETT HALL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Released on April 2, 1998

Health Minister Clay Serby today announced $7,500 in funding to

support the Justice Emmett Hall Memorial Foundation in holding a

Memorial Lecture at the biennial conference of the Canadian Health

Economics Research Association.



"Saskatchewan is the birthplace of medicare and we are pleased to be

investing in this foundation which recognizes the dedication and

commitment of the late Justice Emmett Hall," Serby said. "Tommy

Douglas brought medicare to Saskatchewan in 1962 and the efforts of

Justice Hall helped ensure all Canadians eventually had access to this

important program which has become part of the fibre of who we are as

Canadians."



The intent of the Justice Emmett Hall Memorial Foundation's lecture is

to recognize individuals who have made outstanding leadership

contributions to Canada's health-related disciplines.



The Justice Hall Memorial lecturer will be nominated by his or her

peers and will have made outstanding contributions to the advancement

of the health ideals of equity, fairness, justice and efficiency in

Canada's health system, as articulated by Justice Emmett Hall.



The Canadian Health Economics Research Association established

the foundation as a non-profit charitable organization in honour

of Justice Emmett Hall, a Saskatchewan lawyer and former Supreme

Court Judge who chaired the Royal Commission that in 1964

recommended the implementation of medicare in Canada.



The Canadian Health Economics Research Association originated in

Regina as a national non-profit association of health economists

and social scientists to promote economic research in the health

sector and to hold biennial research conferences.



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For more information, contact:



Jeff Brown

Saskatchewan Health

Regina

Phone: (306) 787-4088