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Pharmacare

Canada is the only country in the world to have a universal health care system that does not include prescription medication. And we pay some of the highest drug costs in the world. A publicly funded, universal drug coverage program – also known as pharmacare – would provide all Canadians with access to the prescription medicines they need. People would be healthier and many would no longer have the economic burden of paying for medications out-of-pocket. Canadian employers would also benefit by not having to include expensive drug plans in employees’ benefit packages.

The idea of a universal public pharmacare program is overwhelmingly popular with Canadians, but Big Pharma lobbyists have been pulling out all the stops to prevent its realization. We must demand that our governments confront the bullying tactics of Big Pharma and give Canadians access to the medicines they need.

Join with other Council of Canadians supporters in your area to fight for pharmacare

Petition delivery outside of Holland's office

MEDIA RELEASE: As clock ticks on pharmacare deadline, advocates rally outside Health Minister’s office

The Council of Canadians will deliver petitions signed by more than ten thousand Canadians calling for a national public drug ...
Tell Finance Minister Freeland: We want Rx, not F-35s

PHARMACARE PHONE BLITZ: Click to call Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

Please take a minute now to call Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Health Minister Mark Holland and other key MPs with ...
Media advisory / photo opportunity: pharmacare supporters to rally outside Minister Holland's office

Media advisory / photo opportunity: pharmacare supporters to rally outside Minister Holland’s office

Participants will deliver giant pill bottles containing tens of thousands of petition signatures and a prescription for public pharmacare Ajax, Ontario ...
Banting

How Banting’s hopes of insulin for all became a dark nightmare

Banting dreamed of a world where insulin would be available for all, but pharmaceutical companies have turned that dream into ...
Statement on PBO report on single-payer universal drug plan 

Statement on PBO report on single-payer universal drug plan 

Statement by Robin Tress, Co-Executive Director of the Council of Canadians OTTAWA – We welcome the findings of a new ...
Emergency Online Rally and Phone Blitz for Pharmacare

PHARMACARE PHONE BLITZ: Click to call Health Minister Mark Holland

Please take a minute now to call Health Minister Mark Holland with your message of support for public, universal pharmacare ...
Emergency Online Rally and Phone Blitz for Pharmacare

Emergency Online Rally and Phone Blitz for Pharmacare

Thank you to everyone who attended the Emergency Online Rally and Phone Blitz for Pharmacare to flood the Health Minister’s ...
Statement on the first draft of Liberal pharmacare bill

Statement on the first draft of Liberal pharmacare bill

The government must deliver legislation for a public, universal, comprehensive programOTTAWA – The Council of Canadians is alarmed to learn ...