We have never needed pharmacare so urgently.

Sky-high drug prices are forcing millions of people to choose between paying rent, buying food, or getting their medications. And Big Pharma greed is siphoning billions of dollars from our crumbling public health care system.

And yet, despite its promise to enact a public pharmacare plan by the end of 2023, the Trudeau government is moving at a snail’s pace. To raise the political temperature on pharmacare, the Council of Canadians is organizing a cross-Canada series of town halls hosted by Avi Lewis, starting in Halifax on April 24, 2023.

An outspoken activist and a seasoned broadcaster, Avi Lewis was joined by patient advocate Bill Swan, Professor Sharon Batt, and other guests. Organized in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Health Coalition and South House, the town hall was also an opportunity for people to share their experiences with unaffordable drug prices and ask questions about what pharmacare would mean for them.