National Pharmacare

• Feds want pharmacare deal by end of year but Ontario health minister has ‘a lot more’ questions

  The federal minister of health said he wants to see people accessing national pharmacare by the end of the year. His Ontario counterpart, however, said she has many questions.

  Health

  Mar 4, 2024
  
• Ontario not ‘writing off anything’ in national pharmcare talks

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones said she needs to hear more details of the federal pharmacare plan before she will decide if it is right for Ontario.

  Health

  Feb 29, 2024
  
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• Singh mulls ‘consequences’ if pharmacare deadline isn’t met

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is again saying he could pull support for the federal government if a deal is not reached on universal pharmacare in less than a month.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2024
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• As COVID-19 lingers, the need for national pharmacare progress is clear: experts

  Lung and cognitive therapies, inhalers and beta blockers are among some of the remedies prescribed to help treat the most common symptoms of long COVID.

  Canada

  Dec 23, 2022
• Health workers call for plan in federal budget to handle crisis in healthcare

  The federal government is set to table a budget against the backdrop of several national and international emergencies and major funding commitments.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2022
• Kenney slams confidence agreement between Liberals and NDP

  Premier Jason Kenney slammed the agreement between the Liberals and NDP and said it would keep "anti-Alberta policies in place for the next three years." 

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2022
• Trudeau confirms Liberals, NDP governance deal until 2025

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said "Canadians need stability" amid global uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2022
• Nova Scotia Liberal MPs decry NDP ‘political stunt’ after voting down bill on national pharmacare

  The only Liberal member of Parliament from the Maritimes to support C-213 was Wayne Long, representing Saint John-Rothesay in New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2021
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• Grateful, optimistic: MP Darren Fisher looks forward after ‘dumpster fire’ 2020

  Dartmouth-Cole Harbour MP Darren Fisher catches up with Global News after a tumultuous year of responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

  Features

  Dec 29, 2020
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• Pharmacare is just the sort of safety net Canadians expect

  It makes zero sense to fund a health care system like Canada’s, yet deny a significant portion of the population access to drugs, Ryan Jespersen says.

  Commentary

  Oct 4, 2019