e-959 (Health care services)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Good health is a requirement for productive and satisfying involvement in society and the economy;
- Lack of good health causes excess stress in individuals and families;
- Access to health has become a function of place of employment, residency or wealth. Many vulnerable Canadians lack private, employer or government prescription drug coverage;
- One in ten Canadians is unable to fill prescriptions due to cost;
- People with private plans for prescription drug coverage understand that premiums would be reduced substantially if medically necessary drugs were provided under a National Universal Pharmacare Plan;
- Amongst OECD industrialised nations with Universal Health Plans, Canada is the only one without a Universal Pharmacare Plan;
- Canadian taxpayers could save billions per year if prescription drugs were procured through a National Pharmacare Plan. Drug procurement is currently managed through a multitude of Federal, Provincial and Territorial programs with differing price regimes. Inequities in service amongst citizens across the country exist; and
- Numerous commissions and researchers have clearly stated the economic benefits and the need for an equitable Canadian Universal Drug Plan: The Hall Commission, National Forum on Health, Romanow Commission, C.D. Howe Institute, The Council of the Federation, and Citizens’ Reference Panel on Pharmacare in Canada.
- Open for signature
- March 15, 2017, at 3:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 13, 2017, at 3:15 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Mark Gerretsen
(Kingston and the Islands)
March 21, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02187) - Government response tabled
- May 4, 2018
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 867 |
British Columbia | 1989 |
Manitoba | 382 |
New Brunswick | 150 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 159 |
Northwest Territories | 19 |
Nova Scotia | 500 |
Nunavut | 2 |
Ontario | 3124 |
Prince Edward Island | 52 |
Quebec | 517 |
Saskatchewan | 195 |
Yukon | 13 |