Liberals pledge 10 times the money to legalize pot as they do tobacco control

Their priorities are out of whack.

Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, right, and her parliamentary secretary, Bill Blair, left, are helping to lead the federal government's cannabis-legalization push. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MARILYN GLADU

April 18, 2018

With important elections looming both provincially and federally, it is natural that Canada’s health-care system will a big part of electoral discussions. One in six Canadians is a senior, and that number is expected to be nearly one in four in the next 10 years With an aging population, strateg...

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