Health Minister Mark Holland urged a committee of senators Wednesday not to make changes to the carefully negotiated pharmacare bill, warning that amendments could undermine public confidence in the program. Holland said the legislation was 'balanced on a pinhead' and every word was debated during negotiations with the NDP.
OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland urged a committee of senators Wednesday not to tweak the pharmacare bill he carefully negotiated with the NDP earlier this year.
"Academics and experts have suggested amendments to this bill to most of us here, I think," Independent Senator Rosemary Moodie told Holland at a meeting of the Senate's social affairs committee. When asked about the Liberals' proposed pharmacare program for diabetes and birth control, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has often responded that the program isn't real. Once the legislation is passed, the minister must negotiate with every provincial government to actually administer the program, which could take many months.
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