http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:00:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/breaking-the-ice-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/breaking-the-ice-3/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 15:44:42 +0000 Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/14/breaking-the-ice-3/feed/ 0 The health minister and Arctic Council chair in conversation with Luiza Ch. Savage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canadas-soon-to-launch-clinical-trials-database-how-does-it-measure-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canadas-soon-to-launch-clinical-trials-database-how-does-it-measure-up/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 21:34:30 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382271 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/canadas-soon-to-launch-clinical-trials-database-how-does-it-measure-up/feed/ 0 Julia Belluz on what that the project means for health transparency http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/maurice-vellacott-maverick-watch/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/maurice-vellacott-maverick-watch/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:22:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/maurice-vellacott-maverick-watch/feed/ 0 A Conservative MP takes a stand against sodium http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/inside-the-meeting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/inside-the-meeting/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:41:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=336294 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/11/inside-the-meeting/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister’s Office has released the above photo of today’s meeting. Seated to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:52:21 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321371 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/the-13-biggest-health-and-science-questions-facing-the-nation/feed/ 0 A Science-ish questionnaire put to our Federal Health Minister and two Health Critics http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:50:04 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=321820 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/30/uncut-replies-from-the-science-ish-questionnaire/feed/ 0 From the Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, the Hon. Hedy Fry and the Hon. Libby Davies http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-trouble-with-pharmaceutical-abuse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-trouble-with-pharmaceutical-abuse/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:53:58 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=316922 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/the-trouble-with-pharmaceutical-abuse/feed/ 0 While Leona Aglukkaq writes to the provincial health ministers about OxyContin and prescription drug... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:10:01 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314669 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/a-national-embarrassment-2/feed/ 0 Why does Canada trail U.S. and EU in protecting citizens from dangerous meds? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/private-members-business-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/private-members-business-2/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:01:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311811 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/06/private-members-business-2/feed/ 0 Kady O’Malley picks nine private members’ bills to watch. The case of Helene Laverdiere’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/health-canada-responds-to-questions-about-hidden-clinical-trial-data/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/health-canada-responds-to-questions-about-hidden-clinical-trial-data/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:24:53 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=310727 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/02/health-canada-responds-to-questions-about-hidden-clinical-trial-data/feed/ 0 Timeline for web-based listing remains unclear http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/dear-federal-minister-of-health/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/dear-federal-minister-of-health/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:44:00 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305903 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/dear-federal-minister-of-health/feed/ 0 Science-ish asks Leona Aglukkaq to consider four ideas before moving forward with a clinical trials list in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/cpac-at-20/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/cpac-at-20/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:30:49 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297792 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/27/cpac-at-20/feed/ 0 CPAC celebrated their 20th anniversary in the East Block courtyard.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/a-mighty-wind/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/a-mighty-wind/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:43:17 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=278450 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/30/a-mighty-wind/feed/ 0 Leona Aglukkaq’s request for a Health Canada study of wind turbines wins support from... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/24/laissez-faire-food/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/24/laissez-faire-food/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:21:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=276588 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/24/laissez-faire-food/feed/ 0 Sarah Schmidt reviews the last few years of rejection at the Health department. Aglukkaq’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/someone-will-die-from-this/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/someone-will-die-from-this/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:57:57 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=275898 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/20/someone-will-die-from-this/feed/ 0 Doctors confronted Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in Hamilton yesterday. O’Shea asked why the federal... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:57:18 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=274758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/worrying-about-windmills/feed/ 0 Conservative MPs Bev Shipley, Larry Miller and Garry Schellenberger support a moratorium on wind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/wind-turbines-and-the-need-for-consultation-and-evidence/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/wind-turbines-and-the-need-for-consultation-and-evidence/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:53:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273984 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/wind-turbines-and-the-need-for-consultation-and-evidence/feed/ 0 I asked Megan Leslie for an NDP response to the general issue of wind... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/30/kenney-v-matthews/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/30/kenney-v-matthews/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:51:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=271484 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/30/kenney-v-matthews/feed/ 0 Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has written to Jason Kenney and Leona Aglukkaq—pdf here—to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/28/the-conservatives-v-the-doctors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/28/the-conservatives-v-the-doctors/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:00:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270990 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/28/the-conservatives-v-the-doctors/feed/ 0 Another doctor confronts another cabinet minister. Williams allowed Aglukkaq to announce $238 million in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/conservatives-celebrate-1-year-anniversary-of-getting-a-majority/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/conservatives-celebrate-1-year-anniversary-of-getting-a-majority/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:05:19 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/04/conservatives-celebrate-1-year-anniversary-of-getting-a-majority/feed/ 0 Tories gathered at the Hard Rock Café in Ottawa on Wednesday night.    ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/a-sensible-approach-to-cutting-salt-in-processed-and-fast-food/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/a-sensible-approach-to-cutting-salt-in-processed-and-fast-food/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:42:44 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=252735 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/17/a-sensible-approach-to-cutting-salt-in-processed-and-fast-food/feed/ 0 Demanding better food labelling does not amount to nanny-state control http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/the-commons-of-health-care-promises-and-marijuana-dreams/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/the-commons-of-health-care-promises-and-marijuana-dreams/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:49:06 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248962 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/28/the-commons-of-health-care-promises-and-marijuana-dreams/feed/ 0 After a discussion of healthcare pledges of yesteryear, Bob Rae tried to talk drugs--amidst Conservative chuckles http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/the-commons-the-ndp-starts-the-budget-debate-a-bit-early/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/the-commons-the-ndp-starts-the-budget-debate-a-bit-early/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:24 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=248679 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/27/the-commons-the-ndp-starts-the-budget-debate-a-bit-early/feed/ 0 On the second question of his second day, Mulcair seemed to find the right key of indignation http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/aglukkaqs-letter-to-provincial-health-ministers-slip-slidin-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/aglukkaqs-letter-to-provincial-health-ministers-slip-slidin-away/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:53:05 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234833 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/aglukkaqs-letter-to-provincial-health-ministers-slip-slidin-away/feed/ 0 PostMedia’s Jason Fekete is a good reporter who writes about serious things, so I’m... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/what-the-conservatives-promised/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/what-the-conservatives-promised/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230584 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/what-the-conservatives-promised/feed/ 1 The new health transfer model apparently comes with no strings attached. Like the six... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/firefighters-in-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/firefighters-in-ottawa/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:06:15 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=222790 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/firefighters-in-ottawa/feed/ 0 The International Association of Firefighters arrived in Ottawa and held a reception at the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/celebrating-women-in-canadian-military-forces/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/celebrating-women-in-canadian-military-forces/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:54:38 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221434 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/celebrating-women-in-canadian-military-forces/feed/ 12 Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women, hosted a reception in Senate Speaker Noël... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/the-insite-ruling/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/the-insite-ruling/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:53:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218039 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/the-insite-ruling/feed/ 41 Our round-up of coverage of the Supreme Court's decision in favour of the safe injection site http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-commons-the-faint-sound-of-disagreement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-commons-the-faint-sound-of-disagreement/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:20:14 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196059 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-commons-the-faint-sound-of-disagreement/feed/ 66 The era of decorum achieves total farce http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-health-care-debate-stephen-harper-is-ready-to-have/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-health-care-debate-stephen-harper-is-ready-to-have/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:46:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196017 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/the-health-care-debate-stephen-harper-is-ready-to-have/feed/ 100 For those interested in a health care debate ahead of impending federal-provincial negotiations, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/casts-and-seal-fur-at-taste-of-the-arctic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/casts-and-seal-fur-at-taste-of-the-arctic/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:36:32 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=171635 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/11/casts-and-seal-fur-at-taste-of-the-arctic/feed/ 5 For a second year, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) presented A Taste of the Arctic:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/jim-prentice%e2%80%99s-goodbye-bash/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/jim-prentice%e2%80%99s-goodbye-bash/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:11:48 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165073 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/28/jim-prentice%e2%80%99s-goodbye-bash/feed/ 1 Former cabinet minister Jim Prentice held a goodbye party before the House rose. Prentice... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/what-she-meant/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/what-she-meant/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:23:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=163298 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/10/what-she-meant/feed/ 16 On September 28, the Globe reported that provincial health ministers had been told by... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:54:22 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=162780 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/08/do-you-think-its-easy-to-make-priorities/feed/ 75 How many number one priorities can the government have? More than one, it seems. http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ms-liberation-latest-aglukkaq-under-fire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ms-liberation-latest-aglukkaq-under-fire/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:11:28 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147733 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/ms-liberation-latest-aglukkaq-under-fire/feed/ 0 I see that Colleague Kingston is unsure why the federal Minister of Health is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/aglukkaqs-message-on-ccsvi-treatment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/aglukkaqs-message-on-ccsvi-treatment/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:48:15 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147614 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/15/aglukkaqs-message-on-ccsvi-treatment/feed/ 0 Was it media “misinformation” or Orwellian double speak? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/just-for-a-change-of-pace/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/just-for-a-change-of-pace/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:18:16 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144871 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/01/just-for-a-change-of-pace/feed/ 0 Conservative cabinet minister “accepts the recommendation of the country’s leading researchers.” The subject is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-first-wives-club-plays-safe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-first-wives-club-plays-safe/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:06 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=136402 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/08/the-first-wives-club-plays-safe/feed/ 0 The leaders’ spouses avoided protesters—and any whiff of substance http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=104648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/29/hill-helps-haiti-fundraiser-packed/feed/ 8 Folks from all parties packed the Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser organized by the government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-girls20-summit-and-advice-about-an-igloo-at-harrington-lake/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-girls20-summit-and-advice-about-an-igloo-at-harrington-lake/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:50:02 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103317 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/28/mitchel-raphael-on-the-girls20-summit-and-advice-about-an-igloo-at-harrington-lake/feed/ 0 Bowling for Haiti http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/peter-mansbridge-and-laureen-harper-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/peter-mansbridge-and-laureen-harper-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:10:16 +0000 Mitchel Raphael http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/25/peter-mansbridge-and-laureen-harper-get-a-taste-of-the-arctic/feed/ 5 “A Taste of the Arctic,” held at the National Gallery of Canada, kicked off... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:22:04 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=96292 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/07/newsmakers-09-political-yearbook/feed/ 6 Newsmakers '09: Ottawa's hall monitor, gossip girl, head cheerleader and more http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/the-per-capita-boast-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/the-per-capita-boast-ii/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=93097 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/18/the-per-capita-boast-ii/feed/ 27 It has now been two weeks since Leona Aglukkaq’s office was asked to provide... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=92837 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/16/the-commons-picking-up-the-crisis-where-we-left-it/feed/ 27 Turns out, what the health minister was saying is that they'd "try" to get all Canadians vaccinated by Christmas http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/10/about-those-geneva-conventions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/10/about-those-geneva-conventions/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:44:19 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=91520 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/10/about-those-geneva-conventions/feed/ 35 The military says prisoners in Afghanistan will be offered the H1N1 vaccine. The military...