From marijuana to medications: Trudeau government and health file in 2018

After more than two years in office, what exactly is the Trudeau government doing to address a growing list of health priorities, including an increasingly urgent crisis with opioids and the impending legalization of marijuana?

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor oversees one of the most important portfolios in government, one that also bears significant symbolic importance for the party she represents in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

February 5, 2018

Whether cannabis legalization, the spiralling opioid crisis, or keeping medication prices affordable, there's no shortage of meaty policy files on the desk of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Serving her first term in the House, Ms. Taylor (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.) has been tasked w...

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