Health Minister Petitpas Taylor says she won’t hesitate to fight marketing abuses from drug companies; mum on supporting surrogacy bill, suicide motion

In an email Q&A, the health minister talks about preventing marketing abuses by prescription drug companies, the healthy eating strategy, suicide prevention, and changes to the assisted reproduction act.

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured speaking with reporters before Question Period in September. A private member's bill and motion related to the health file are now before Parliament, but Ms. Petitpas Taylor did not take clear-cut position on either. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JOLSON LIM

June 4, 2018

With cannabis legalization looking all but certain, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor may have a bit more time to focus on her department's other sprawling responsibilities. There's the opioid crisis, her newly-unveiled tobacco strategy, and supporting a growing population of seniors, to beg...

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