In Ontario, the New Democratic Party has promised it as part of their spring election platform, while the Liberals have committed to scrapping the deductible and co-pay for seniors (seniors already receive free medications). We have a patchwork of drug plans that cover different groups of people depending on where they live, but some people are not covered at all. Ensuring that Canadians have access to prescription drugs should be a top priority. To be perfectly clear, I am in favour of prescription drug coverage for all. More than 85 per cent of Canadians have drug coverage, either through the government, employer, union or individual coverage.

Source: thestar March 29, 2018 22:41 UTC