Health Canada is investing more than $2.3 million over four years to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, for the delivery of a new Opioid Stewardship Program that will engage health professionals, promote appropriate opioid prescribing practices and develop educational materials for practitioners. Funded under Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program, the Opioid Stewardship Program, based in … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced that the Government of Canada is launching a new financial support program for eligible Canadian thalidomide survivors. The new Canadian Thalidomide Survivors Support Program will provide a fair and comprehensive approach to identifying thalidomide survivors that is based on international best practices. Applicants who are eligible for the CTSSP will … Read more
Health Canada has developed an Action Plan to accelerate its efforts to strengthen the regulation of medical devices in Canada. Health Canada will move quickly on a number of existing initiatives, including: publishing more information about decisions made on medical devices, by January 2019; increasing the number of inspections of foreign medical device manufacturers, by April 2019; advancing final regulations … Read more
Health Canada has introduced proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations to significantly reduce the amount of alcohol in single-serve containers of flavoured purified beverages that are high in alcohol. The proposed regulatory changes would restrict the alcohol content in these beverages to 1.5 standard drinks (25.6 ml of alcohol) when they are packaged in containers of … Read more
Liberal MP Larry Bagnell (Yukon) and Pauline Frost, Yukon’s Minister of Health and Social Services, announced a bilateral agreement under the Government of Canada’s Emergency Treatment Fund. The agreement provides more than $945,000—$500,000 from the Government of Canada and $445,104 from Yukon Territory—to increase access to quality treatment services for people with substance use disorder. The full release is available … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and George Hickes, Minister of Health for Nunavut, signed a bilateral agreement under the Government of Canada’s Emergency Treatment Fund. This agreement provides a total of $750,000—$500,000 in funding from the Government of Canada and $250,000 from the Government of Nunavut—to help increase access to treatment for people with substance use disorder. The … Read more
On behalf of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.), International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) and Cameron Friesen, Manitoba’s Minister of Health, Seniors and Active Living, announced a bilateral agreement under the Government of Canada’s Emergency Treatment Fund. This agreement provides nearly $4.2 million in funding from the Government of Canada to increase access to treatment for substance … Read more
Under the Chemicals Management Plan, Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada have completed a draft screening assessment of talc, a mineral used in many consumer products. Based on the latest science and the draft screening assessment, the Government of Canada proposes that inhaling loose talc powders and using certain products containing talc in the female … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) tabled in Parliament a Framework on Palliative Care in Canada. The Framework will help support improved access to palliative care by providing a useful reference point for governments, stakeholders, caregivers and communities to help identify common directions and opportunities, address gaps, and share best practices. The full release is available … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) issued a statement: “I am deeply concerned by recent reports of serious issues Canadians have been facing with implanted medical devices. Canada has one of the best regulatory systems in the world for medical devices. Canadians can be confident that the medical devices available in this country have … Read more
