This winter's guide includes an analysis of the social media messaging of these MPs' parties and how health policy factors into those public communications. #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

'Important Leader's Event:' Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre will address MPs, staff, and their families on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa, according to an internal email from his chief of staff, Ian Todd. #cdnpoli

Analysis: NDP, Liberal Party vocal on health last fall; Conservative Party zero in on public safety, housing. bit.ly/3Q6zTH4 #cdnhealth #cdnpoli (for subscribers)

From the Winter 2025 Policy Guide ⬇️

Good backgrounder on the impact of tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals ⬇️

“What’s our superpower here in Canada? Well, [it] turns out it’s collaboration, or at least it can be,” said Dr. Hébert. “We have to find mechanisms to essentially deliver on collaborative strategies, and that involves a lot of you guys because I can’t do that alone.” #cdnhealth

After receiving questions for weeks about when a pharmacare deal is coming, Health Minister Mark Holland announced the first one today with Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara. #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

Doug Ford wins third majority after gambling on winter election #onpoli trib.al/UMPxrUe

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.@KamalKheraLib to lead Health Canada and PHAC after Carney cabinet shuffle; mental health and addictions no longer a separate portfolio. bit.ly/3DL7rbk #cdnhealth #cdnpoli

Newish from me. This story starts with the politics (because of course...) but provides some background on how bilateral agreements can change when a new government is in place. #cdnhealth

“I really think that [in] this election, we’ve sort of pivoted from talking about domestic issues to continental issues or international issues, and health care is a domestic issue ... health care is just a lot harder to keep on the agenda, ”said Oksana Kishchuk. #cdnhealth

A rare non-health post from me but did anyone have "Canadian election makes the Deadline homepage" on their #cdnpoli bingo card? Article: deadline.com/2025/04/canada…

UHN's Dr. Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 gets 2-3 emails per week from U.S. researchers looking for jobs in Canada. He said, "...existing scientists in the United States are rethinking that their future looks like. That’s primarily based on the fact that science is under threat" in the U.S.

Coming to you from a new role: I'm now covering health for The Hill Times. One my first stories: Nunavut & Northwest Territories have been without an agreement for Non-Insured Health Benefits (which helps fund health services for First Nations and Inuit Peoples) since March.

Front | Electoral success a temporary substitute for Israel-Gaza consensus; 'I'm a tariff person' Trump doubles down on levies; Potential Canada-EU defence deal short on details; BOIE pushed discussion of NDP resources to future meetings; and more. buff.ly/2zf7ZrF

Both Government of Nunavut and GNWT Newsroom have been without NIHB funding agreements since March. The federal program funds health services for Inuit and First Nations Peoples. Although it's Ottawa's program, the ministers say they use territorial dollars to cover what Ottawa won't pay

This bill to criminalize forced sterilizations—now re-introduced—has been before Parliament in some form since 2022. "The survivors are waiting for it...It’s very important to them, and...it’s very important to me, too,” said Senator Yvonne Boyer. #cdnpoli