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MPs Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Don Davies talk about a review of Canada’s cannabis rules.

Liberals, NDP unveil ‘single biggest expansion of public health care in 60 years’

“By the end of 2024 ... up to nine million Canadians who presently do not have access to dental care will be covered ... through a publicly administered, publicly funded plan,” NDP MP Don Davies told Canada’s National Observer in an interview. “It's the single biggest expansion of public health care in 60 years.”

B.C. man funds scholarship after effort to strip controversial name from alma mater falls flat

Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies previously called on the VSB to take action after the University of Liverpool renamed a building that was named after Gladstone.

“In the 21st century I think having institutions that are named after people associated with slavery is simply inconsistent with the values we hold today, and frankly, it’s repugnant to many people,” he told Global News. “It’s something we need to deal with, recognize and change.”

Gladstone Secondary is an “incredibly diverse” school, he added, and it’s “simply wrong” to keep a name associated with white supremacy. He lauded Chu for his scholarship initiative and efforts, and called Wayson Choy an “excellent suggestion” for renaming the school.

Two years after Trudeau promised a made-in-Canada COVID vaccine, the country is still waiting

NDP MP Don Davies, the party's health critic, agreed that some sort of public option for vaccine production is prudent but the government's handling of the NRC facility has been "a major failure."

He said it suggests Ottawa has a "serious credibility issue."

"We are two years plus into this pandemic and we still aren't producing a single dose of a vaccine in this country. It's a policy fail, an accountability fail and a credibility fail," he said in an interview with CBC News.

Federal HIV funding boost still falls short of recommendations

According to the federal NDP, the Liberal government has displayed a “lack of leadership” when it comes to meeting HIV targets across the country.

In a statement issued Tuesday, NDP health critic Don Davies noted the funding boost by the Liberals still falls short of the $100 million the 18-organization health coalition campaigned for ahead of the conference. The additional funds are still below the 2003 and 2019 bipartisan recommendations for an annual federal allocation of $100 million to fight HIV/AIDS. 

NDP statement on B.C. Court of Appeal’s decision in Cambie Surgeries case

Federal NDP Health Critic, Don Davies, issued the following statement: 

 

NDP calls for federal action plan to address Canada’s healthcare crisis

VANCOUVER – Today, NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) called on the federal government to immediately implement an action plan to address the crisis in Canada’s healthcare system. The premiers are gathered in British Columbia to discuss the need for financial support from the federal government. Davies says the lack of federal leadership is hurting Canadians who cannot access the services that they need.

More than half of Canada's AstraZeneca vaccine doses expired, will be thrown out

NDP health critic Don Davies said it is "unacceptable" for doses to expire when millions of people still haven't received even a single shot.

"There is no excuse for such waste," Davies said.

He called on the federal government to finally release all the details of its contracts for vaccines, and its plan for using the doses.

NDP calls for national long COVID strategy

OTTAWA – Today, NDP Health Critic Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) called on the federal government to immediately implement a national long COVID strategy. Seroprevalence surveys from Canadian Blood Services indicate that over 40 per cent of Canadians have been infected with COVID-19, and long-haul symptoms could impact millions of people over the coming years

Ontario NDP promises provincial dental plan that would ‘mesh’ with federal one

Federal NDP health critic Don Davies said Thursday that the federal NDP is “pleased” with its Ontario counterpart’s proposal to extend dental care to more people, saying it represents a “major expansion of coverage” towards the goal of universal access.