Groups Urge Passage of Pharmacare Bill Before Parliament Rises – June 18, 2024

Representatives from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the Heart & Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Health Coalition call on senators to pass the federal government’s pharmacare legislation before the upper house rises for the summer break. Bill C-64 is currently at second reading in the Senate, after being passed by the House of Commons on June 3. It would establish the framework for the first phase of a national pharmacare plan.

Speaking with reporters are Bea Bruske (president of the CLC), Siobhan Vipond (executive vice-president of the CLC), Jason Maclean (chair of the Canadian Health Coalition) and Manuel Arango (vice-president of policy and advocacy, Heart & Stroke Foundation). (no interpretation)