NDP Urges Action on Pharmacare, Dental Care as Health Ministers Meet in Halifax

NDP Urges Action on Pharmacare, Dental Care as Health Ministers Meet in Halifax
Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks to reporters during a cabinet retreat at Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Que., on Jan. 20, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers are meeting with their federal counterpart in Halifax this week, and the New Democrats are urging them to ink pharmacare deals.

The national pharmacare law calls for the federal government to sign deals with provinces and territories to start funding coverage of birth control and diabetes medications.