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Briefing note on Bill C-64 (Pharmacare Act) for the Senate SOCI Standing Committee
This is a copy of the briefing note that the Council of Canadians submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, ...
Labour Day and social justice
“The Council of Canadians has worked with the labour movement since our inception. We have stood shoulder-to-shoulder to fight unjust ...
Manitoba government to cover birth control – Now we need national pharmacare
The Government of Manitoba is going to start covering prescription birth control on October 1st, 2024. This is great news ...
Private health care is a poison pill
On July 16th Canada’s premiers gathered in Halifax, and were met by about 300 people with a clear message: private ...
The Pharmacare Act has passed third reading. Here’s what comes next.
We have passed a crucial milestone in the fight for pharmacare. Together, we can make pharmacare a reality and ensure ...
Council of Canadians welcomes progress on pharmacare legislation
Ottawa – The Pharmacare Act (Bill C-64) is expected to pass third reading in the House of Commons later today ...
Corporate lobbyists dominate hearings for Pharmacare Act
Last week, the Standing Committee on Health held two days of hearings on Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act. The Council ...
Briefing note on Bill C-64 (Pharmacare Act) for the Standing Committee on Health
This is a copy of the briefing note that the Council of Canadians submitted to the parliamentary Standing Committee on ...
Pundits regularly attacked pharmacare without disclosing Big Pharma ties
Dozens of op-eds opposing pharmacare from think tank analysts did not reveal their authors’ conflicts of interest ...
The Conference Board of Canada: Putting a respectable face on Big Pharma spin
When the Pharmacare Act came up for debate in the House of Commons, Conservative MPs rose to speak against it ...
Big Pharma’s ‘Intellectual Echo Chambers’ and the fight to lower drug prices in Canada
In 1998, a tobacco industry lobbyist John F. Scruggs coined the term “echo chamber” in a memo to his employer ...
Federal budget a missed opportunity to secure pharmacare’s future
Budget 2024 casts doubt on whether the Liberals have the resolve to face down corporate pressure and implement and expand ...
