For the Canadian Nurses Association, it's absolutely essential. We've been talking about it for decades. The concern is that it's even things like people's metering out their diabetic medicines, for example; because they're so expensive, they can't use them all effectively each day. We are particularly concerned that we've had a long focus historically on covering catastrophic drug expenses, AIDS drugs and so on. However, if you don't have $50, $50 is catastrophic for you if you're in that space. It's really important, we believe, for people across Canada to tackle this and get pharmacare done.
On May 20th, 2021. See this statement in context.