Alberta intends to opt out of the proposed national pharmacare plan.
Man, fuck these UCP idiots.
Provincial governments need to work closely with the federal government. The provincial government actually has a responsibility to establish and nurture that relationship, and not simply throw temper tantrums when the relationship isn’t what they want it to be. When the UCP chooses to be oppositional and obstructive like this, it hurts Alberta citizens, and makes life worse.
There are a lot of things I love about Alberta. But if the next provincial election shows that a majority of the citizens truly want a provincial government that behaves like this, I’m outta here.
Born and raised in Calgary, moved to Van Island about 3 years ago. Other than the Rockies and close friends, we don’t miss AB at all
Good old conservatives, best I can tell is they are against it because it covers contraceptives.
They’re against it because the Liberal Federal government is proposing it.
In an email to Global News on Sunday, Alberta’s health minister said that if the federal government pursues a national pharmacare program, Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding.
So they can just pocket the money like that with no strings attached? wth
This is the same government that thinks if they leave the CPP, they’ll get 55% of the value that’s in the CPP.
Clearly, math IS hard.
