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5 million out of the 413.7 million going to various companies for research and production of vaccines. And that doesn't include the NRC site.

Right - which means that other projects were far more worthy of funding.

Yet Manitoba has signed a deal for 20 million doses of their vaccine.

Yes, our premier just gave away 7M dollars.

Yes, our premier just gave away 7M dollars.

Did he? Time will tell.

I'm not in favour of provinces getting into bidding wars for vaccines but leaving themselves at the mercy of the federal government can have its downside as well.

I never said they were merciless, quit making stuff up.

As it stands, the provinces are at the mercy of whatever decisions the feds make on vaccines, whether good or bad.

NO PHARMACARE FOR YOU!

That's now the Trudeau brand and I hope the NDP continues to drive home the point that the Liberals have failed to deliver on that promise for 30 years now!

the waldo is quite taken aback by your purposeful disregard for the Canadian constitution and just how federalism works!

The NDP are pulling a political stunt to try to demonstrate that it could do it with the wave of a magic wand. We work in the real world here. No Canadian should have to make a choice between buying medication and putting food on the table. We will therefore continue to work towards national universal pharmacare. We will do so in respect of the Constitution and in partnership with the provinces and not impose a political decision from Ottawa. We believe in partnership as the path forward.

the cybercoma is quite taken aback by your purposeful disregard for the Canadian Health Act and just how federalism works!

The NDP proposed a universal framework for pharmacare coverage and not a mish-mash of different policies in each province with the power of centralized taxation....you know, the exact same thing that exists for healthcare funding across the country that guarantees no matter where you are in the country you receive the same standard of care.

How partisan of you to pretend like you don't realize that.

partisan? Says you, a long-standing supporter of the NDP! In any case, this is, of course, simply re-cycled tripe that was left on the perogy table last fall. It's laughable how you dance between the labeling 'Universal Pharmacare' &, as you weaselWord, "a universal framework"! 

My party is not misleading Canadians by suggesting the bill’s passage would have ushered in pharmacare. It would have been a key step in that direction.

by the by, what's the verdict on backbencher bills and their ability to (as in no ability to) actually spend money, hey?

and... the NDP is being called out on their outright hypocrisy in arguing that their bill C-213 would act on the 2019 report from the government’s advisory panel on pharmacare - as chaired by former Ontario Liberal health minister Eric Hoskins. It was this panel's final report that recommended:

Ottawa work with provinces and territories on a pharmacare system reflecting the five principles of: public, portable, comprehensive, universal, and accessible. The report also recommended the federal government “enshrine the principles and national standards of pharmacare in federal legislation, separate and distinct from the Canada Health Act, to demonstrate its ongoing commitment to partnership on national pharmacare and provide for a dedicated funding arrangement.”

so which is it, as you say within/a part of the Canada Health Act... or per the Hoskin's panel recommendation, separate and distinct from the Canada Health Act? Which is it, hey?

and... the NDP is being called out on their outright hypocrisy in arguing that their bill C-213 would act on the 2019 report from the government’s advisory panel on pharmacare - as chaired by former Ontario Liberal health minister Eric Hoskins. It was this panel's final report that recommended:

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Ottawa work with provinces and territories on a pharmacare system reflecting the five principles of: public, portable, comprehensive, universal, and accessible. The report also recommended the federal government “enshrine the principles and national standards of pharmacare in federal legislation, separate and distinct from the Canada Health Act, to demonstrate its ongoing commitment to partnership on national pharmacare and provide for a dedicated funding arrangement.”

=> Final Report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare