Carney government maintains status quo on drug affordability

The truth is Canadians are getting a bad deal and collectively overpaying for medicines by billions of dollars each year. Tariffs and other moves by America are about to make things even worse, especially on this side of the border.

Prime Minister Mark Carney. The federal government used to mention pharmacare and dental care together when discussing moves to reduce cost barriers to essential care, but has recently gone silent on including medicines in our publicly funded system. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NAV PERSAUD

October 5, 2026

Canada is the "global reference" for the price of insulin on United States President Donald Trump's medication website TrumpRx.gov. The claim that the president won a 1,000-per-cent discount might be as accurate as the map of the world with...

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