Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories all open to pharmacare talks, but say they’re not taking place

The Carney government’s commitment to a national program is in question after the Liberals promised to ‘protect’ pharmacare during the 2025 campaign. Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office says it will honour the four existing deals, but is not promising to negotiate others.

Health Minister Marjorie Michel is in charge of any future work connected to a national single-payer pharmacare program. However, what that program will look like is unknown as her office is not committing to negotiating deals with provinces and territories that had not signed up prior to the 2025 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY TESSIE SANCI

August 18, 2025

Both Saskatchewan and Nunavut are open to conversations about a national pharmacare program, but say they are not in active talks with the federal government. Newfoundland and Labrador says it has reached out to Health Canada to “re-engage” in conversations, but that the...

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