Leona Aglukkaq

House of Commons photo

Track Leona

Your Say

Elsewhere

Crucial Fact

  • Her favourite word is health.

Conservative MP for Nunavut (Nunavut)

Won her last election, in 2011, with 49.90% of the vote.

Browse her statements in the House of Commons

Yesterday

Mentioned by Canada.com Canadian researcher likens controversial MS treatment to faith healing Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced last month a team of researchers has been selected to conduct a clinical trial into CCSVI in about 100 MS patients. But the article by Rubin and his three co-authors says funding trials of a procedure "that has ...

Mentioned by Calgary Herald Canadian researcher likens controversial MS treatment to faith healing Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced last month a team of researchers has been selected to conduct a clinical trial into CCSVI in about 100 MS patients. But the article by Rubin and his three co-authors says funding trials of a procedure "that has ...

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen In a personal disclosure illustrating the long reach of mental illness ... By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News May 22, 2012 Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq: 'Family-wise, community, friends. I've also lost a number of friends to suicides.' In a personal disclosure illustrating the long reach of mental illness, ...

Mentioned by Canada.com 'I've lost friends to suicide,' Aglukkaq confides after mental health roundtable "Our body gets ill from different things, and so does the mind," Leona Aglukkaq told Postmedia News after leading a roundtable discussion on mental health at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva. "We need to look at mental illness like any other ...

Two days ago

Mentioned by Ottawa Citizen Health Institute rep. critical of Zamboni MS treatment Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced last month that a team of researchers has been selected to conduct a clinical trial into CCSVI in about 100 MS patients. But the article by Rubin and his three co-authors says funding trials of a procedure “that ...

Mentioned by Victoria Times Colonist 'I've lost friends to suicide,' Aglukkaq confides after mental health roundtable By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia News May 22, 2012 12:03 PM Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq: 'Family-wise, community, friends. I've also lost a number of friends to suicides.' In a personal disclosure illustrating the long reach of mental illness, ...

Posted on Twitter Hosting an int'l meeting to address common challenges & practices in addressing mental health issues http://t.co/Cq51m4VG

Three days ago

Posted on Twitter Speaking on our gov's commitment to universal health coverage during the 65th WHA Meeting in Geneva. http://t.co/XeWIQgfW

A week ago

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, this academic is so ill-informed that he has no idea what our government invests in several initiatives that promote nutrition and improved access to ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, I will talk about the UN rapporteur. He is so ill-informed that he has no idea what our government is doing to invest in ...

Spoke in the House on Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Speaker, the answer to the issue of the National Aboriginal Health Organization is very simple. The three elected aboriginal leaders wrote to me and asked ...

Spoke in the House on Northern Development Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency is supporting a host of economic development organizations throughout the north to be more efficient and reflective of ...

Voted No on Vote #224 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) recognize the contributions that the baby ...

Voted Yes on Vote #223 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted Yes on Vote #222 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #221 on Bill C-316 Amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

Voted No on Vote #220 That, in the opinion of the House, the Budget legislation guts the environmental assessment and fisheries laws, leaving ...

Posted on Twitter Clarification of @APTNNews headline: http://t.co/NNmnknIn

Posted on Twitter Statement about today's meeting with UN Special Rapporteur: http://t.co/pNLF5eXW

Posted on Twitter Uninformed international attacks on seal hunt affect Northern food security. Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur to make that point.

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, my heart goes out to those individual families who have lost loved ones from suicide. We are committed to working collaboratively with the first ...

Posted on Twitter Proposed new regulations would help improve efficiency and effectiveness of patient care. http://t.co/UVBiRchr

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, as we have said all along, the shortage resulted from decisions by the provinces and the territories to sole-source their drug contracts. Our role ...

Two weeks ago

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, on April 18, 2012, the Minister of Health announced that a team of researchers has been selected to undertake an interventional phase I/II clinical ...

Spoke in the House on Health Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Kildonan—St. Paul, for that great question. I would also like to thank the member ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Government bill C-36 An Act respecting the safety of consumer products