Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.) and Glen Abernethy, Minister of Health and Social Services for the Northwest Territories, announced an investment of $28.4 million over four years to support health system innovation in the Northwest Territories. This is the Territories’ portion of the Territorial Health Investment Fund, which was renewed in … Read more
The Second Interim Report on Medical Assistance in Dying represents the Government’s commitment to ensuring Canadians are kept informed on how the legislation is being implemented across the country was released. This second update provides information on requests for, and cases of, medical assistance in dying between January 1 and June 30, 2017. There were 1,179, medically assisted … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, held meetings in Washington, D.C., with health leaders and government officials from the United States and other countries in the Americas. Petitpas Taylor attended the 28th Pan American Sanitary Conference, a high-level event held every five years by the … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) concluded her visit to New York City, where she attended several side-events at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. In particular, Petitpas Taylor delivered a statement at a panel hosted by Qatar and the United Nations Development Programme on the impact of the sustainable development goals … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) congratulated the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (Nanaandawewigamig) and the First Nations Diabetes Leadership Council in Manitoba for their leadership in developing the First Nation Basic Foot Care Program. This innovative foot care service will help clients in all 63 … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced that Health Canada has taken the final step to ban partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs)—the main source of industrially produced trans fats—in all food sold in Canada. The ban was finalized today through a Notice of Modification adding PHOs to the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances. The ban will come … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) released Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use: A Pan-Canadian Framework for Action. The Pan-Canadian Framework was developed jointly with provinces and territories and other key partners in the human and animal health sectors to guide collective action in tackling AMR in Canada. The Framework identifies … Read more
In November 2016, Health Canada launched a review entitled Clinical Review of the Cases of Infant Misidentification at Norway House Hospital to determine what led to the misidentification of four individuals who were switched following their birth and to identify actions that may need to be taken to prevent such circumstances from ever happening again. The summary report is … Read more
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Health Measures Survey, Health Minister Jane Philpott (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) joined Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, as Statistics Canada released the results of Cycle 4 of the CHMS (2014-2015). This cycle adds important new knowledge to our understanding of Canadians’ exposure … Read more
The federal government and the Government of Manitoba agreed to new targeted federal funding over 10 years for investments in home and community care and mental health and addictions. This reflects the federal government’s Budget 2017 national commitment to provide $11 billion over 10 years in new federal investments in these areas. Over the next 10 … Read more
