National pharmacare likely won’t help Canadians who need it the most

Instead of introducing a new national program as a blunt instrument, the Trudeau government could specifically target the Canadians who struggle to pay for their medications.

New Health Minister Mark Holland and the rest of the Trudeau government may have finally come to terms with the economic reality and the inefficiency of a national one-size-fits-all pharmacare plan, write Bacchus Barua and Jake Fuss.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BACCHUS BARUA, JAKE FUSS

September 20, 2023

Sometime this fall, the Trudeau government will likely table a bill outlining “significant steps” towards a national

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