Rachel Blaney at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 3rd, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 3rd, 2017 / 4:55 p.m.

NDP

Rachel Blaney NDP North Island—Powell River, BC

Thank you. I would really appreciate that.

I also wanted to touch on national pharmacare. Canada is the only country with a universal health care system that doesn't have universal coverage for prescription drugs. CARP has been encouraging the federal government to be a leader in this process. We all saw the PBO report recently.

Can you share with us what the obstacle is to realizing this?

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