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Kristy Kirkup

Reporter for The Canadian Press
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165 Articles
Shelves, medication, pharmacy, Quebec City,

Fear mounting that changes to drug pricing in Canada could stifle innovation

Some Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines.
News, Politics | August 25th 2019
Carolyn Bennett,

Feds, First Nations eye first Indigenous self-government agreement in Ontario

Negotiations have concluded on a proposed self-government agreement in Ontario that the federal government says would be the first of its kind if ratified.
News, Politics | August 24th 2019
Chief Rudy Turtle of the Grassy Narrows First Nation,

Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury

The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve —and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election — is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit down to hammer out an agreement on a long-promised treatment facility for mercury poisoning.
News, Politics | August 21st 2019
Former Liberal cabinet minister Jane Philpott,

Canadians deserve apology from Trudeau over SNC-Lavalin affair: former ministers

Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould said on Thursday, August 15, 2019, it is "troubling" to her that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to "discredit" her through submissions made to the ethics commissioner from his lawyer.
News, Politics | August 15th 2019
Prescription pills, Toronto,

Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs

The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States — changes that Canada's health minister is billing as the biggest step towards lower drug prices in a generation.
News, Politics | August 12th 2019
Bill Casey, 42nd Canadian general election, Amherst,

Committee 'deeply disturbed' by reports of coerced, forced sterilization

The House of Commons health committee is calling on the federal government to investigate the problem of coerced or forced sterilization of women in Canada.
News, Politics | August 7th 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

PM pledges access to medication as pharmacists, patient groups fear shortage

Canadians will continue to have access to the medications they need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised on Thursday, August 1, 2019, in the face of escalating worry about a Trump administration decision to allow prescription drug imports from Canada.
News, US News, Politics | August 6th 2019
Conservative Party of Canada leader, Andrew Scheer,

Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is putting Canada's money where his mouth is, promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister.
News, Politics | August 6th 2019
Pharmaceuticals, North Andover, Mass.,

Canada wasn't consulted on specifics of U.S. plan to import prescription drugs

Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a Trump administration proposal announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, aimed at allowing American patients and consumers to legally import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
News, US News, Politics | August 6th 2019
Liberal Member of Parliament, Nunavut, Hunter Tootoo,

Former cabinet minister, Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo won't seek re-election

Hunter Tootoo, the Nunavut MP who began his time on Parliament Hill with a seat at the Liberal cabinet table and ended up sitting as an Independent, says he won't be running for re-election this fall.
News, Politics | July 31st 2019
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