Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath speaks to reporters Saturday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre after unveiling an ambitious $475-million universal pharmacare program that she would implement if she wins the June 7, 2018 election. Robert Benzie / Toronto Star ) Order this photoNDP Leader Andrea Horwath has unveiled her prescription for winning next year's election – universal pharmacare. Horwath unveiled the ambitious $475-million-a-year program to about 1,000 New Democrats at the party’s annual convention on Saturday. “‎When we win in 2018, we are going to create Canada’s first universal pharmacare plan right here in Ontario,” she thundered to cheering delegates at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. “But what I do know is that the people of Ontario‎ deserve so much better than that,” she said.

Source: thestar April 22, 2017 17:37 UTC