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Health Minister Marjorie Michel recently told CBC Radio’s “The House” that she's “relying a lot” on the efforts of frontline organizations and the health sciences sector to improve vaccination rates because she doesn’t want to “politicize” the issue. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel is named in 29 communication reports since joining cabinet in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel is named in 29 communication reports since joining cabinet in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
Linda Silas, front, at an event in Ottawa earlier this year, with Jason MacLean, chair of the Canadian Health Coalition. Silas told The Hill Times that she felt there was a lack of 'directives' from the health ministers after their meeting about how they were going to tackle pan-Canadian licensing and violence against health care workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 27, 2025
Linda Silas, front, at an event in Ottawa earlier this year, with Jason MacLean, chair of the Canadian Health Coalition. Silas told The Hill Times that she felt there was a lack of 'directives' from the health ministers after their meeting about how they were going to tackle pan-Canadian licensing and violence against health care workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | September 15, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. Health priorities are in part meant to fit with the Carney's government's work on building a stronger Canadian economy, according to consultants. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | September 15, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | September 15, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. Health priorities are in part meant to fit with the Carney's government's work on building a stronger Canadian economy, according to consultants. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is now saying that his government will continue to negotiate remaining bilateral deals for pharmacare, which contradict earlier statements from his health minister's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is now saying that his government will continue to negotiate remaining bilateral deals for pharmacare, which contradict earlier statements from his health minister's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ANNETTE ROBINSON | September 4, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel, pictured. The federal government must develop a strategy—with input from frontline health care professionals including pharmacists—to protect access to and affordability of medication, writes Annette Robinson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANNETTE ROBINSON | September 4, 2025
Opinion | BY ANNETTE ROBINSON | September 4, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel, pictured. The federal government must develop a strategy—with input from frontline health care professionals including pharmacists—to protect access to and affordability of medication, writes Annette Robinson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 18, 2024
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland vowed to have agreements signed, and 'drugs flowing in every jurisdiction' by next April, once the pharmacare legislation has passed the Senate and receives royal assent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 18, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 18, 2024
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland vowed to have agreements signed, and 'drugs flowing in every jurisdiction' by next April, once the pharmacare legislation has passed the Senate and receives royal assent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BETTINA HAMELIN | September 18, 2024
Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2024.
Health Minister Mark Holland. Parliamentarians must understand that science is driving unprecedented innovation in health care, writes Bettina Hamelin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BETTINA HAMELIN | September 18, 2024
Opinion | BY BETTINA HAMELIN | September 18, 2024
Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2024.
Health Minister Mark Holland. Parliamentarians must understand that science is driving unprecedented innovation in health care, writes Bettina Hamelin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MATTHEW HERDER, NAV PERSAUD | September 9, 2024
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2024, about the upcoming vote on the government’s pharmacare bill.
It’s hard to square NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s concern over bowing to corporate interests with his party's support for such a pharmacare plan, write Steve Morgan, Matthew Herder, and Nav Persaud. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MATTHEW HERDER, NAV PERSAUD | September 9, 2024
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MATTHEW HERDER, NAV PERSAUD | September 9, 2024
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2024, about the upcoming vote on the government’s pharmacare bill.
It’s hard to square NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s concern over bowing to corporate interests with his party's support for such a pharmacare plan, write Steve Morgan, Matthew Herder, and Nav Persaud. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 21, 2024
One bill to watch this fall will be the government's online harms legislation, Bill C-63, which was first tabled by Justice Minister Arif Virani on Feb. 26. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 21, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 21, 2024
One bill to watch this fall will be the government's online harms legislation, Bill C-63, which was first tabled by Justice Minister Arif Virani on Feb. 26. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOHN ADAMS, LINDA WILHELM | June 3, 2024
Bill C-64 should speak to the role patients must take in improving equitable access to medication, write John Adams and Linda Wilhelm. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Opinion | BY JOHN ADAMS, LINDA WILHELM | June 3, 2024
Opinion | BY JOHN ADAMS, LINDA WILHELM | June 3, 2024
Bill C-64 should speak to the role patients must take in improving equitable access to medication, write John Adams and Linda Wilhelm. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Opinion | BY PAMELA VALENTINE | May 1, 2024
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland holds a press conference at Ottawa's Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29. By investing our health-research dollars in a laser-focused way, we could actually be able to prevent future MS cases, writes Pamela Valentine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAMELA VALENTINE | May 1, 2024
Opinion | BY PAMELA VALENTINE | May 1, 2024
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland holds a press conference at Ottawa's Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29. By investing our health-research dollars in a laser-focused way, we could actually be able to prevent future MS cases, writes Pamela Valentine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 29, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland introduced Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act, on Feb. 29, which proposes the foundational principles for the first phase of national universal pharmacare in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 29, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 29, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland introduced Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act, on Feb. 29, which proposes the foundational principles for the first phase of national universal pharmacare in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Close to 20 per cent of Canadians have inadequate or no drug coverage at all, forcing some to skip or cut doses of medicine, or forgo other necessities, such as food or heat, to be able to afford those medicines. Image courtesy of Pexels
Close to 20 per cent of Canadians have inadequate or no drug coverage at all, forcing some to skip or cut doses of medicine, or forgo other necessities, such as food or heat, to be able to afford those medicines. Image courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 15, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, should pay attention to the costs wasted on drug prices in Canada, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. At least Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, centre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have pushed for a more cost-effective approach for Canadians.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 15, 2024
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 15, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, should pay attention to the costs wasted on drug prices in Canada, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. At least Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, centre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have pushed for a more cost-effective approach for Canadians.
Opinion | BY CATHY AMMENDOLEA | April 8, 2024
Mark Holland
We remain hopeful that pharmacare legislation, introduced on Feb. 29 by Health Minister Mark Holland, will rekindle Canadian values of affording people access to healthcare based on need, not ability to pay, writes Cathy Ammendolea. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CATHY AMMENDOLEA | April 8, 2024
Opinion | BY CATHY AMMENDOLEA | April 8, 2024
Mark Holland
We remain hopeful that pharmacare legislation, introduced on Feb. 29 by Health Minister Mark Holland, will rekindle Canadian values of affording people access to healthcare based on need, not ability to pay, writes Cathy Ammendolea. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | April 8, 2024
Opinion | April 8, 2024
Opinion | April 8, 2024
Opinion | BY COLLEEN FULLER, SHARON BATT | April 1, 2024
Coverage should be based on the best and most independent evidence available or we risk throwing money away on drugs and devices that are neither cost-effective nor providing patients with better health outcomes, write Colleen Fuller and Sharon Batt. Unsplash photograph by Towfiqu Barbhuiya
Opinion | BY COLLEEN FULLER, SHARON BATT | April 1, 2024
Opinion | BY COLLEEN FULLER, SHARON BATT | April 1, 2024
Coverage should be based on the best and most independent evidence available or we risk throwing money away on drugs and devices that are neither cost-effective nor providing patients with better health outcomes, write Colleen Fuller and Sharon Batt. Unsplash photograph by Towfiqu Barbhuiya