Doug Eyolfson
- Born
- January 1, 1963 — Winnipeg
- Education
- Studied medicine at the University of Manitoba
- Career
- Emergency department physician in Winnipeg for 20 years; Flight Physician with Manitoba Air Ambulance, medical director of Manitoba's Land Ambulance Program and medical director of the Province of Manitoba's EMS Medical Dispatch Centre.
- Political Experience
- First elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 Canadian federal election, serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Winnipeg West. Defeated in 2019, re-elected in 2025.
- Notable
- Saved the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest on a transit bus on February 9, 2013. Suffered a cardiac arrest in July 2022 and had a quadruple bypass surgery.
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Madam Chair, I'm not finished. I'm still speaking.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to propose the following amendment. That the motion be amended by deleting parts a) to e) and replacing them with the following text: That the committee recognize the importance of reviewing and considering the most recent official statistics and publicly reported data related to the Canadian Dental Care Plan, including ongoing updates on enrolment, service [more]
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
I have a point of order. It's past 4:30. The minister has to leave.
No, I'm asking to speak to the amendment.
Okay.
Thank you, Chair. I understand that the minister has to leave at 4:30. I'll respect it if the minister has to leave short of that, but I'll ask what I can. Minister, I know you've been asked the same question again and again—on whether injecting fentanyl is safe—with the insistence that you provide a yes-or-no answer. I will ask this question: Given the choice between injecting fentanyl in a [more]
That was my error. I apologize.
All right. Thank you. If I have time for one more before you have to leave, we have been talking about emergency wait times and the Canada Health Act. I worked in the emergency department when we saw increasing wait times. During those times, the federal government gave record-high federal health transfers. Under the Canada Health Act, is there any provision whereby the federal health minister [more]
That was my impression, so thank you, Minister. I believe that's my time.
The member is not allowing the witness to answer the question.