Canada has a national asset in life sciences. Now what?

The question is whether our policy environment is doing enough to turn that strength into something patients, their doctors, and their families can actually feel.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. Canada doesn’t need to prove that it can generate innovation. The task now is to make sure patients feel more of the benefit, writes Wendy Zatylny. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WENDY ZATYLNY

April 22, 2026

Canada has a long and proud history of delivering innovations that help heal the world. That history has provided tangible benefits to patients and their loved ones, and—more recently—to the Canadian economy.

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