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#C213 I've noticed that the Fed NDP talking point is that Liberals have been promising this for 24 years. In truth, only 4 years. Thread: (ref in tweets 4/5/6/)
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It was only in 2004 that Premiers (except Que who have their own prog) have been calling for national pharmacare.
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Paul Martin’s Liberal gov’t made some progress, then work towards national pharmacare stalled out for 10 yrs under Harper. Justin Trudeau’s Liberal gov’t name Eric Hoskins head of fed advisory council on how to implement national pharmacare in 2018.
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2018 minus 2004 = 14 years. 14 minus 10 years stalled under Harper = 4 years. In other words: Liberal gov’ts, with request from Premiers, have been working on this for 4 years.

FOUR YEARS
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#QP #CdnPoli #C213
PM Trudeau, in response to question about pharmacare: “Yes, we know there is more to do, which is why we’re working in partnership with provinces and territories. The NDP are pulling a political stunt …
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PMJT cont’d: … to try to demonstrate that they could do it in a wave of a magic wand. Mr. Speaker, we work in the real world here. We work with the provinces, we work within the constitution, and we will deliver national pharmacare for Canadians”
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some good background information in this thread by @univrsle
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