New report recommends making pharmacare permanent with annual funding as progress on bilaterals remains stalled 

Interim NDP leader Don Davies says the feds must continue negotiating deals with provinces and territories under the pharmacare law passed last year.
Health Minister Marjorie Michel has not produced any bilateral agreements since joining cabinet this past May even though her government has repeatedly committed to protecting pharmacare.

The federal government now has the three reports, required by last year's pharmacare legislation, meant to advise on how to move forward with a national single-payer pharmacare program, but whether that happens remains up in the air. 

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