Patty Hajdu

• Hajdu says handing over Winnipeg lab documents has ‘national security’ implications

  The Conservatives have been pushing the Liberal government and PHAC to explain why Xiangguo Qiu and her biologist husband, Kending Cheng, were escorted out of the lab in 2019.

  Canada

  Jun 14
• Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin files federal court challenge over his firing

  Through his lawyers, Fortin has denied any wrongdoing.

  Canada

  Jun 14
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• Hajdu ‘laser focused’ on community COVID-19 spread amid calls for tougher borders

  Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block Sunday, the health minister pushed back on suggestions that further restrictions could have an impact on community transmission. 

  Health

  May 2
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• Canada to suspend all flights from U.K. for 72 hours as new coronavirus variant spreads

  The move comes after members of the federal government met to discuss the new variant of the novel coronavirus that has been spreading quickly across the United Kingdom.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020
• Pfizer cuts COVID-19 vaccine delivery by half for 2020 due to supply chain issues

  The company confirmed to Global News that it will deliver 50 million doses worldwide by the end of year, compared to 100 million previously promised.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
• Canada reviewing NBA plan for Raptors to play in Toronto amid coronavirus: minister

  The Raptors and the NBA would need an exemption to a requirement that anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons must self-isolate for 14 days.

  Sports

  Nov 17, 2020
• Patty Hajdu responds to Twitter photo, says she only removes mask to eat, drink

  The health minister said that following public health rules is important to her and she removes her mask only when those rules allow it, such as to eat or drink.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2020
• Liberals reveal their indifference to Canadians’ access to information rights

  If Canadians don’t care about this issue, Rob Breakenridge asks, then why did the Liberals make it a priority in their 2015 campaign?

  Commentary

  Oct 24, 2020
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• Information commissioner ‘disappointed’ with health minister’s comments on access to records

  Hajdu rebuffed a Conservative MP's call Thursday for release of federal records on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Oct 23, 2020
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• Civil rights group prepares lawsuit on ‘discriminatory’ N.B. abortion law

  New Brunswick denies women, girls, and trans people fair access to abortions, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said in an Oct. 14 letter to Premier Blaine Higgs and Health Minister Dorothy Shephard.

  Health

  Oct 15, 2020