Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | Latest Paper

Tessie Sanci

Tessie Sanci is the executive editor of Hill Times Health, which provides in-depth coverage of federal health policy, and The Lobby Monitor, which covers the federal lobbying industry.

‘One-off funding announcements’ not the way to fix homelessness and substance use, says Burlington mayor

News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
Ya’ara Saks
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks did not reply to a request for comment from Hill Times Health about calls from Ontario’s big city mayors for Ottawa to step up on homelessness, mental health, and substance use. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
Ya’ara Saks
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks did not reply to a request for comment from Hill Times Health about calls from Ontario’s big city mayors for Ottawa to step up on homelessness, mental health, and substance use. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
Ya’ara Saks
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks did not reply to a request for comment from Hill Times Health about calls from Ontario’s big city mayors for Ottawa to step up on homelessness, mental health, and substance use. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 16, 2024
Ya’ara Saks
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks did not reply to a request for comment from Hill Times Health about calls from Ontario’s big city mayors for Ottawa to step up on homelessness, mental health, and substance use. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | June 8, 2024
Mark Holland
Despite the pharmacare bill referencing only a ‘single-payer’ program, Health Minister Mark Holland says people with private insurance for contraceptives and diabetes-related pharmaceuticals can keep their plans following the implementation of national pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | June 8, 2024
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | June 8, 2024
Mark Holland
Despite the pharmacare bill referencing only a ‘single-payer’ program, Health Minister Mark Holland says people with private insurance for contraceptives and diabetes-related pharmaceuticals can keep their plans following the implementation of national pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 13, 2021
Health Minister Patty Hajdu is facing calls to stop her department from charging Wockhardt UK the standard base fee for importing medicines into Canada. The company was previously subject to a heavily discounted fee to account for its low volume of sales of pork insulin in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 13, 2021
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 13, 2021
Health Minister Patty Hajdu is facing calls to stop her department from charging Wockhardt UK the standard base fee for importing medicines into Canada. The company was previously subject to a heavily discounted fee to account for its low volume of sales of pork insulin in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | April 13, 2020
Health Minister Patty Hajdu provides an update on the government’s COVID-19 response in the West Block on April 2. Behind the scenes, a task force of bureaucrats is working at a ‘hectic’ pace to provide the policy backbone. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | April 13, 2020
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | April 13, 2020
Health Minister Patty Hajdu provides an update on the government’s COVID-19 response in the West Block on April 2. Behind the scenes, a task force of bureaucrats is working at a ‘hectic’ pace to provide the policy backbone. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | March 27, 2020
Dr. Theresa Tam and her deputy, Dr. Howard Njoo, have become recurring fixtures in Canadians' lives, thanks to their public-facing role in communicating the feds' response to COVID-19 pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | March 27, 2020
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | March 27, 2020
Dr. Theresa Tam and her deputy, Dr. Howard Njoo, have become recurring fixtures in Canadians' lives, thanks to their public-facing role in communicating the feds' response to COVID-19 pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 21, 2019
Thousands of protesters, many of them young Canadians not yet old enough to vote, took to the streets of Ottawa on Sept. 27 to call on political leaders to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 21, 2019
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 21, 2019
Thousands of protesters, many of them young Canadians not yet old enough to vote, took to the streets of Ottawa on Sept. 27 to call on political leaders to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia