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Health Minister Marjorie Michel is named in 29 communication reports since joining cabinet in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BERNARD HO | August 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Health Minister Marjorie Michel, centre, with Governor General Mary Simon at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 13. The government has declared that it would protect the four existing bilateral agreements for pharmacare funding, but is not promising to go ahead with others. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BERNARD HO | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY BERNARD HO | August 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Health Minister Marjorie Michel, centre, with Governor General Mary Simon at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 13. The government has declared that it would protect the four existing bilateral agreements for pharmacare funding, but is not promising to go ahead with others. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 18, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel is in charge of any future work connected to a national single-payer pharmacare program. However, what that program will look like is unknown as her office is not committing to negotiating deals with provinces and territories that had not signed up prior to the 2025 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 18, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 18, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel is in charge of any future work connected to a national single-payer pharmacare program. However, what that program will look like is unknown as her office is not committing to negotiating deals with provinces and territories that had not signed up prior to the 2025 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHELITA DATTANI | August 6, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. We must go back to square one and reset the model for national pharmacare, writes Shelita Dattani. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHELITA DATTANI | August 6, 2025
Opinion | BY SHELITA DATTANI | August 6, 2025
Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. We must go back to square one and reset the model for national pharmacare, writes Shelita Dattani. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | July 20, 2025
Guillaume Couillard became director general of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board in April 2023. He now leads a team that will monitor and review drug prices under new guidelines to enforce regulations that were put into force in July 2022. Photograph courtesy of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | July 20, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | July 20, 2025
Guillaume Couillard became director general of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board in April 2023. He now leads a team that will monitor and review drug prices under new guidelines to enforce regulations that were put into force in July 2022. Photograph courtesy of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney made a commitment to 'protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare,' during a May 2 press conference in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 14, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney made a commitment to 'protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare,' during a May 2 press conference in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 8, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. More advocacy may be directed towards Conservative MPs this year in anticipation of a possible federal election and change in government, Tim Powers says. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 8, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 8, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. More advocacy may be directed towards Conservative MPs this year in anticipation of a possible federal election and change in government, Tim Powers says. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MAEL HOUCK, HALEEMA AHMED | December 13, 2023
On Dec. 12, Health Minister Mark Holland, pictured, said his government is unlikely to pass pharmacare legislation by the end of the year—a deadline imposed by the NDP as a condition of the supply-and-confidence agreement between the two parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MAEL HOUCK, HALEEMA AHMED | December 13, 2023
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN, MAEL HOUCK, HALEEMA AHMED | December 13, 2023
On Dec. 12, Health Minister Mark Holland, pictured, said his government is unlikely to pass pharmacare legislation by the end of the year—a deadline imposed by the NDP as a condition of the supply-and-confidence agreement between the two parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOEL LEXCHIN | November 29, 2023
Mark Holland
As Health Minister Mark Holland works out upcoming pharmacare legislation, Joel Lexchin lays out some questions that might give him a better idea of how Canadians really feel about pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOEL LEXCHIN | November 29, 2023
Opinion | BY JOEL LEXCHIN | November 29, 2023
Mark Holland
As Health Minister Mark Holland works out upcoming pharmacare legislation, Joel Lexchin lays out some questions that might give him a better idea of how Canadians really feel about pharmacare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS | November 15, 2023
If Canadians are not to endure further wait times and denials of access to innovative medicines, our governments need to change their antipathy towards the biopharmaceutical industry, write Nigel Rawson and John Adams. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS | November 15, 2023
Opinion | BY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS | November 15, 2023
If Canadians are not to endure further wait times and denials of access to innovative medicines, our governments need to change their antipathy towards the biopharmaceutical industry, write Nigel Rawson and John Adams. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN | September 27, 2023
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been pushing the federal government for a public, universal pharmacare system through his party's supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals. Universal, public pharmacare is the fairest and most efficient way to provide all Canadians access to necessary medicines, writes Steve Morgan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN | September 27, 2023
Opinion | BY STEVE MORGAN | September 27, 2023
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been pushing the federal government for a public, universal pharmacare system through his party's supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals. Universal, public pharmacare is the fairest and most efficient way to provide all Canadians access to necessary medicines, writes Steve Morgan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade