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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
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