NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says if his party forms government after the October federal election, it will inject $10 billion annually into a national pharmacare program.
The NDP proposal would see the pharmacare program start sooner than an expert panel recently recommended. The panel said a national list of prescription drugs for pharmacare should be established by Jan. 1, 2022, and be expanded no later than Jan. 1, 2027. The NDP policy comes in a new "commitments document" -- dubbed A New Deal for People -- unveiled today at the Ontario NDP convention in Hamilton.
In remarks provided to the media in advance of his convention speech Sunday morning, Singh says the plan would save families who already have insurance coverage $550 a year.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks about his party's election platform in Hamilton, Ont. on Sunday, June 16, 2019.
I wonder how this guy feels about this new bill that passed in Quebec last night...
Not a threat they won't win anyting
Why not..... spend, spend, spend, tax to death.... all fits in with their plan
-and 14yr olds will likely vote at next convention!
Socialism doesn’t work!!!?
CTV are you in love ?
Lol, no one cares, this fringe leader of this defunct fringe party has become almost as much of a joke as Bernier and his little group of globalists
It’s not free idiots spend spend spend debt debt debt imo
This is laudable but has to be realistic.
Ok you got my attention,go on
How many times are you going to tweet this “story”?
Jag meet Ford. He thinks Canadians are rich. We can pay for a Billionaires drugs.
The NDP could promise everyone a $5,000/month UBI plus free total health care plus free education plus a workers’ paradise plus a pollution free world plus universal love and they would never have to provide, simply because they won’t form government. They know it, too
Is his brain overheating?
Socialism is great...until you run out of other people's money.
Will NEVER vote for something like that...
That is a very nice hat.
Explain to me why Gov healthcare plans always start with drug companies? (don't worry I already know the answer) Why not start with a national nutrition and fitness program? Oh right my bad.. that might discriminate against the twinkie addicts!
You can’t start something sooner that provinces haven’t signed up for. Very naive promise on NDP ‘s part. What would be more realistic is helping people without drug coverage now. The feds can do that immediately, but the Liberals prefer to make it an election issue. cdnpoli
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