Jean-Yves Duclos

• Affordable housing fix includes repurposing federal properties: minister

  Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the government continues to see immigration as another variable when it comes to erasing Canada's housing deficit.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2023
  
• ‘Uninhabitable’ 24 Sussex should still be restored, heritage advocates say

  A dozen prime ministers lived in the home between 1951 and 2015, including Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2023
  
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• Can Canada double health-care worker immigration? Pressure is mounting

  Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Wednesday that Canada will invite 500 skilled health-care workers to immigrate. Another 1,500 will be invited by July 5.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2023
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• Canada’s drug pricing conflict sparked by health minister letter, emails show

  Emails suggest some on the regulator's board believed the crisis that followed the minister's letter threatened the very survival of the agency.

  Politics

  Jun 8, 2023
• Federal agency faced obstacles to lower drug prices, memo shows

  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was warned that pharmaceutical companies had steadfastly refused to engage on drug-price reforms, a 2021 memo shows.

  Canada

  May 11, 2023
• Stiffer rules could prevent over-prescribing to U.S. patients, federal health minister says

  Concern over potential drug shortages arose after a Texas-based doctor licensed in Nova Scotia wrote 17,000 prescriptions for Ozempic for people living in the United States.

  Health

  Apr 13, 2023
• Is Ottawa moving forward on pharmacare plan? Here’s what to know 

  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the government's plans for pharmacare are moving forward, but experts suggest the Liberals may have lost the political will.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2023
• Feds to spend $1.5B over three years to improve access to drugs for rare diseases

  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says up to $1.4B of that money will be used to help provinces and territories expand coverage of new and existing drugs that treat rare diseases.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Alberta will have $13.8M deducted from health transfers because patients paid for services: feds

  Ottawa says there's evidence of Albertans 'paying out of pocket to access diagnostic services such as ultrasounds, MRI and CT scans... that should be accessible at no cost.'

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023
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• Director of Canada’s drug price regulator resigns same week as colleague steps down

  The executive director of Canada's drug pricing regulator is stepping down days after another member resigned because of concerns the federal government was undermining their work.

  Health

  Feb 24, 2023