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September 23rd, 2019

Dr. Jane Philpott Gives Liberals Bleak Prognosis for Pharmacare Plan

Canadians know they can’t trust Justin Trudeau and the Liberals to deliver on pharmacare – and former Liberal Health Minister Dr. Jane Philpott is the latest to add her voice to the chorus casting doubt on Justin Trudeau’s latest promise.

In an interview this afternoon, Dr. Philpott said:

“I think the concern about this morning's announcement is the ambiguity that's associated with it. There are no timelines in terms of implementation. We don't want four years of negotiations to take place, we want implementation and people need to know, in fact is pharmacare going to be implemented or not?” (CTV Power Play)

She continued:

“Voters have a right to know, if they vote for Liberals, are they going to have a national single-payer universal public pharmacare system, or not?”

Given the fact that the Liberals have been promising and failing to bring in pharmacare since 1997, Canadians can only assume the answer is no.

Jagmeet Singh and the New Democrats have a real plan to deliver universal pharmacare for all Canadians in 2020 that will save people money and ensure everyone has access to the prescription drugs they need.