The NDP-backed pharmacare plan is a corporate handout as written

The real problem with this signature legislation of the NDP-Liberal agreement is that it will not bring medicines within Canada’s publicly funded health system.

It’s hard to square NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s concern over bowing to corporate interests with his party's support for such a pharmacare plan, write Steve Morgan, Matthew Herder, and Nav Persaud.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEVE MORGAN, MATTHEW HERDER, NAV PERSAUD

September 9, 2024

Jagmeet Singh has severed ties with the Liberals, citing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s capitulation to corporate interests as rationale. This declaration of people over profits is at odds with the NDP’s support for the

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