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The Liberal government and the NDP negotiated the substance of a pharmacare bill as part of their now-defunct supply-and-confidence agreement.

The legislation, part of the now-defunct political agreement between the Liberals and the NDP, establishes a framework for the creation of any future universal pharmacare plan.

A health policy expert is warning some Albertans will fall through the cracks if the province doesn’t reach a pharmacare deal with the federal government.

The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes.

B.C. has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with Ottawa that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses.

The Liberal government will still work on policies it promised to pursue under its now-defunct deal with the NDP, Health Minister Mark Holland said Monday.

CIHI's national analysis predicts expenditures will rise by 5.7 per cent in 2024, compared to 4.5 per cent in 2023 and 1.7 per cent in 2022. 

Quebec wants to increase access to abortion pills as part of a new plan aimed at reaffirming the province's commitment to reproductive rights. 

As global diabetes rates rise, prevalence of the disease in Canada has stabilized in recent years, with women seeing the most progress, new research suggests.

The Bloc Québécois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals Tuesday by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors.

Dr. Julio Montaner said more often than not, people were coming into the province with HIV diagnoses from elsewhere in Canada or abroad.

If passed, the federal pharmacare bill could make contraceptives free for Nova Scotians, but that will depend on if the province chooses to implement these benefits on the ground.

Many Liberal MPs unhappy with their party's performance say change can only happen with a new leader, better communications and a plan to drop unpopular policies.

The summer saw several seismic shifts that mean the government will now operate as a true minority that could fall to an election at any time.

The Conservatives tabled a motion to declare non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. MPs debated the motion Tuesday before they vote on it on Wednesday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said a supply-and-confidence agreement between his party and the Liberal government 'accomplished a lot' a day after pulling the plug on the deal. 

'People are telling us again and again that they are fed up with and frustrated with Justin Trudeau,' NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on the first day back of the fall sitting.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.

Pierre Poilievre's letter to Jagmeet Singh says the NDP does not have a mandate from voters to keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power for another year.

Birch Hill Equity Partners did not immediately reveal financial terms of the agreement it struck with McKesson, a Texas-based health-care services business.