NDP convention could see emergency resolution on pharmacare – National | Globalnews.ca: A group of grassroots NDP activists is planning to push for pharmacare to be a make-or-break element of the federal party’s supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals at a policy convention next week.
The agreement has the NDP supporting the minority Liberals on key votes in exchange for progress on shared priorities, including pharmacare.
The activists are submitting an emergency resolution to declare that the future of the deal is contingent on legislation that commits to a universal and entirely public pharmacare program, which they hope will be debated on the convention floor in Hamilton.
The group, called Stand Strong For Pharmacare, launched a website for delegates to encourage them to take a strong stance on the policy and hold the Liberals to their agreement.
“Our NDP convention resolution would make it clear that if (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau breaks his promise for universal, comprehensive, and public pharmacare, it will have consequences,” the website states.
New poverty report card evaluates quality of life in Canada’s 10 provinces
There are numerous sites that say Canada is the best place to live, or one of the best in the world. The website Cicnews was launched in 1994 by the late Attorney David Cohen as the online presence of the Cohen Immigration Law Firm. Cohen Immigration Law has been helping people achieve their Canadian immigration goals for over 45 years. They’ve produced a report card for each province. They discovered something else… the experience isn’t shared with everyone.
Using a multitude of measures – all under four general umbrellas: experience of poverty, poverty measures, material deprivation and anti-poverty legislative progress – Food Banks Canada recently graded each of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories on the poverty reduction efforts, and results, of local governments.
Some of the measures used by Food Banks Canada include:
Financial Discomfort
Poor Access to Healthcare
Food Insecurity
Inadequate Standard of Living
UnemploymentAs indicated by Food Banks Canada, “these grades represent how well poverty reduction efforts are going [at the provincial, territorial, and federal government” levels. These Report Cards explore the experience of poverty across Canada and where governments can take steps to improve their social policy.” In summary, here is how each province scored overall.
Ontario: D-
Quebec: B-
British Columbia: D+
Alberta: D
Manitoba: C-
Saskatchewan: D
Nova Scotia: F
New Brunswick: D-
Newfoundland and Labrador: D-
Prince Edward Island: C-
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Incomplete**The report card for each of Canada’s three territories received an incomplete grade because, “due to low sample size, data for this region may not accurately real-life circumstances.” Read more https://www.cicnews.com/2023/10/new-poverty-report-card-evaluates-quality-of-life-in-canadas-10-provinces-1040101.html www.cicnews.com/2023/10/new-po…