Danielle Martin
- Born
- 1975
- Family
- Partnered with Steven Barrett, one child
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in science from McGill University in 1998; M.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 2003; master's degree in public policy from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto
- Career
- Family physician in Northern Ontario for six years; vice president, medical affairs and health system solutions at Women's College Hospital (WCH); founder of the WCH Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV); family physician in the Family Practice Health Centre at WCH; professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto; Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto since 2021
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for University—Rosedale in 2026
- Notable
- Helped start the organization Canadian Doctors for Medicare and chaired its board until May 2013. Testified at a United States Senate committee investigation on health care systems in 2014. Recipient of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Award for Young Leaders and the F.N.G. Starr Award.
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Chrystia Freeland won with 39,847 votes (64.0%)
Total votes cast: 62,265
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I'm sorry. Thank you, Mr. Chair, for your accommodation.
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Thank you. I appreciate that. There's always more work to do to improve. I have a question for Dr. Giles. Thank you for the very important work that rural physicians in Canada do to provide extremely important services across the country. Could you speak very briefly to the role of virtual care? Specifically, what are the models that are useful in rural communities? What are the models that are
Ms. Nizigama, please go ahead.
Thank you. I thank the witnesses for being here. Thank you for your reports. I'd like to explore a bit about the economic and fiscal update of June 2026, specifically around the notion that, in your words, “Net exports are projected to remain a persistent drag”, given the situation we find ourselves in, particularly with the unjustified tariffs being levied against Canada and many other