Speech Speech for the Honourable Jean Yves Duclos, Minister of Health Canada – World Health Assembly World Health Assembly Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland – May 23, 2022 Check against delivery. Distinguished members of this assembly, Today, this is the first in-person meeting here at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, since the start of…

May 18, 2022            Ottawa, Ontario           Health Canada/Public Health Agency of Canada Canada has always been an advocate of international collaboration, and this holds true when it comes to addressing global health challenges. This is why Canada is participating in the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Berlin…

Statement Following a Health Canada investigation, Alain Laflamme, the sole director of National Agricultural Corporation, doing business as Adult Source (a chain of adult stores in Calgary, Alberta) pleaded guilty to charges under the Food and Drugs Act related to the sale of unauthorized male sexual enhancement drugs. On April 28, 2022, National Agricultural Corporation…

Backgrounder The Expert Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying and Mental Illness Final Report was tabled in Parliament on May 13, 2022. As required by former Bill C-7, the most recent legislation on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), the Ministers of Health and Justice established the Expert Panel to undertake an independent review of the…

May 13, 2022 | Ottawa Ontario | Health Canada Medical assistance in dying (MAID) remains an important and deeply personal issue for many Canadians. The Government of Canada is committed to a legal framework for MAID that ensures autonomy and freedom of choice for Canadians, has strong safeguards, and ensures the compassionate and rights-based consideration…

Backgrounder Budget 2021 committed $45 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, to improve access to a full range of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care support, information, and services―including abortion services—for people in Canada who face the greatest barriers to access. Health Canada’s SRH Fund was created to support a wide range of evidence-informed…