Advocates Urge Passing of Federal Pharmacare Bill – May 7, 2024

Patients and experts hold a news conference in Ottawa to call for the strengthening and passing of the federal government’s pharmacare legislation. The proposed act respecting pharmacare, Bill C-64, is currently at second reading in the House of Commons.

Speaking with reporters are Mike Bleskie, a precarious worker and Type 1 Diabetes advocate; Frederique Chabot, acting executive director of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights; Steve Morgan, professor of health policy at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health; and Anne Lagacé Dowson, media director of the Canadian Health Coalition. (no interpretation)