On his way into question period, NDP health critic Don Davies said the reason for the holdup is that Liberals won’t “commit” to a single-payer system for pharmacare.
“We’ve insisted that is a cornerstone of the program,” added Davies. “They’ve been resistant.”
“It’s the fairest, most efficient, and most effective way of delivering pharmaceuticals to Canadians,” he said.
NDP MP Don Davies has suggested that the Canadian government should establish a public manufacturer of critical medications and vaccines to ensure the stability of the nation’s drug supply. This move could safeguard against potential shortages and disruptions caused by external factors, such as foreign importation plans.
NDP MP Don Davies, the party's health critic, said drug shortages have "long been a serious problem in Canada." Citing past shortages of things like EpiPens and children's pain medication, he said Ottawa should establish a "public manufacturer" of critical medications and vaccines.
Davies also said Canada "should not be allowing the export of medicines to the U.S. unless we have a stable supply for domestic use."
Davies addressed that ultimatum Monday, saying there are "very exciting and creative possibilities to make progress towards universal national pharmacare."
"What's very important is that we get it right — if that takes a little bit more time, then so be it. We think what's more important is we get such a fundamentally important advance in our public health system correct, rather than meet an artificial deadline."
A new federal dental program is expected to help up to nine million Canadians whose net income is below $90,000 and who don't have dental insurance. NDP health critic Don Davies says this is a 'historic' day.
"If you think back to beginning, people thought there were constitutional hurdles, they thought that the speed of it was too ambitious, they didn't think that stakeholders would co-operate," Davies said in an interview Sunday evening.
"Here we are today, poised on the eve of the single biggest expansion of the health-care system in a generation."
The Canadian women told me they attended out of a sense of obligation not only to protest Canada’s absence, but to better equip themselves to push this government to live up to its promises and obligations.
This time, NDP MP Don Davies, who represents Vancouver-Kingsway, B.C., joined them at the New York meeting.
Parliamentarians from around the world are showing their support for nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). 23 elected officials from 14 countries followed ICANs invitation to the second meeting of states parties to exchange views, stategise and consider concrete steps for nuclear disarmament.