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During question period on pharmacare, the NDP said the Prime Minister had promised to sign agreements with provinces and territories to cover medicine but none had been signed, and asked whether the government would fund medicine for all Canadians as promised. The government said it remains committed to working with provinces and territories on health care and that programs in Prince Edward Island were scheduled to end rather than being cut, adding it would keep working with the province. A Conservative point of order raised an unrelated matter about a minister taking a photo of another member during statements.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Don Davies

NDP
“The Prime Minister promised to sign deals with provinces to cover medicine, but he has not signed any. Now we hear the government may end the program completely. Will the government fund medicine for all Canadians as promised, or break that promise?”
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Mr. Speaker, in the last election, the Prime Minister promised to protect pharmacare and sign agreements with all provinces and territories as quickly as possible. Despite those clear commitments, his government has failed to sign a single agreement. This week, P.E.I.’s health minister revealed the Liberals’ plan to scrap pharmacare entirely when current deals expire. Will the government provide funding in the spring economic update to protect pharmacare and expand it to all Canadians as they promised, or are Liberals breaking their commitment to public pharmacare?

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Marjorie Michel

Liberal
“We are working with the provinces and territories to help Canadians with health care. We are not cutting health funding to Prince Edward Island. Those programs were just scheduled to end, and I will keep working with the province to support their health care.”

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Official Hansard

Mr. Speaker, let me repeat what I always say whenever we talk about pharmacare. The government remains committed to working with the provinces and territories to determine how best to support Canadians in the area of health care, based on their needs. Regarding Prince Edward Island and the article my colleague referred to, we are not making any cuts. These are programs that are set to end in the coming years. The government has not made any cuts, quite the contrary. I will work with the Province of Prince Edward Island to see how to better support it when it comes to health care.

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Andrew Lawton

Conservative
“The finance minister took a photo of another member on his phone. This breaks House rules. I want you to tell him to delete it.”
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Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, during Statements by Members, I could not help but notice that the Minister of Finance took a photograph on his phone of the Secretary of State for Rural Development, which as you and the minister should know is very much against the rules of this House. I am hoping you could direct the deletion of that photo.

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