Senate aims to serve up pharmacare for Thanksgiving

The Senate Social Affairs, Science, and Technology Committee will have just four weeks to study the pharmacare legislation before its scheduled third reading vote on Oct. 10.
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland vowed to have agreements signed, and 'drugs flowing in every jurisdiction' by next April, once the pharmacare legislation has passed the Senate and receives royal assent.

With the dissolution of the Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence agreement increasing the chances of an early election, the Senate has given a committee until Thanksgiving to complete its study of the agreement’s marquee pharmacare legislation. 

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