OTTAWA — Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she can no longer trust U.S. health agencies to be reliable partners.
Michelle says Canada used to look to the United States as a source of medical and scientific information, but that has changed since President Donald Trump took office.
An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in July argued that the Trump administration is dismantling the country's public health and research infrastructure.
The administration has cut the budgets of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, which collect and analyze public health data.
More recently, an advisory panel selected by Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., recently recommended stopping routine newborn hepatitis B vaccinations and is considering changes to the rest of the childhood immunization schedule.
Michelle says Canada is still monitoring what's happening in the U.S., but it needs trusted partners who look to science on issues like vaccines.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 26, 2025.
