Bill C-213

Orders of the Day

…litics. He saw Jack Layton's climate change bill killed in the Senate. He saw his most recent bill, Bill C-213, voted down by the Liberals who profess to have an interest in pharmacare. When it comes to things such as tackling climate change, health care and poverty, our approach has always been that those in…

Government Orders

…em. How much longer will Canadians have to wait? The Liberals had an opportunity with their vote on Bill C-213 to set up a framework modelled on the Canada Health Act, but cynically voted against that opportunity. I am wondering how many more years Canadians will have to vote for this critical part of our hea…

Government Orders

…ile is: Why go all the way when we can go only go half the way? We saw that with their vote against Bill C-213, brought in by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, on something that was based on their own report and that would follow the principles of the Canada Health Act. We have another proposal to bring…

Oral Questions

…als first made their pharmacare promise 24 years ago, but two days ago they cynically voted against Bill C-213, which would have established a national pharmacare framework modelled on the Canada Health Act. Why do the Liberals consistently raise the hopes of working families, only to crush them when the time…

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from February 17 consideration of the motion that Bill C-213, An Act to enact the Canada Pharmacare Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-213 under Private Members' Business. Call in the members.

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to speak in support of Bill C-213, sponsored by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby. This bill is historic. It is a bill that would give us the potential to make history by finally getting pharmacare to Canadians who so desperatel…

Private Members' Business

…ent, by phoning their member of Parliament and by telling their member of Parliament to vote yes on Bill C-213. During this debate, we have seen a number of facts come to light. We were made aware, through this debate, that millions of Canadians have no access to a drug plan. They have to struggle to pay for …

Private Members' Business

…dealing with cystic fibrosis, with SMA and with cystinosis are other ones. The list goes on and on. Bill C-213 is a solution looking to address the wrong problem. The problem is access, and access is what I want to talk about this evening. I have gone through the speech by the member for New Westminster—Burna…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to address Bill C-213. As all members know, I firmly support national universal pharmacare and the government knows that pharmacare is the missing piece of universal health care in the country. Pharmacare must remain a pr…