NDP pharmacare bill gets its moment in the sun

The bill would do what a Liberal-struck expert panel recommended. The Liberals don’t like it.

NDP MP Peter Julian is sponsoring a private member's bill that would establish a Canada Pharmacare Act. MPs will vote on the bill for the first time on Feb. 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 22, 2021

The Liberal government has promised to deliver universal pharmacare, and the opposition New Democrats are giving them a chance to write a pharmacare program into Canadian law. NDP MP Peter Julian (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) ...

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