The Honourable Mark Holland, P.C., M.P. Minister of Health
Roundtable Luncheon
C.D. Howe Institute events and webinars are open to members and their guests.
Please follow this link or contact events@cdhowe.org to register.
The Honourable Mark Holland, P.C., M.P. Minister of Health
The Honourable Mark Holland is a lifelong resident of the Ajax-Pickering area and was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Ajax in 2004.
Minister Holland has served in many roles including as the Government House Leader, and as Chief Government Whip. He has been a staunch advocate of marriage equality rights and played a key role in helping to reform Canada’s animal cruelty laws.
In both public and private roles, Minister Holland has backed health-related initiatives, serving as Executive Director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s Ontario Mission, as well as its National Director of Children and Youth.
As Minister of Health, he has worked to sign bilateral health care funding agreements with provinces and territories to improve health care across the country, he launched the Canadian Dental Care Plan that will help up to 9 million Canadians get the essential dental care they need, and introduced pharmacare legislation that will provide universal access to contraception and diabetes medications.
to ET