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OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will appoint a group of advisers, led by Ontario former health minister, to explore options for a national program to cover the cost of prescription drugs 鈥?and are already making it easier to cover the cost of cannabis-based pharmaceuticals.The two measures, while unrelated, form part of a trinity of major drug initiatives in Tuesday federal budget, the third being a $231-million package of steps that aims to confront Canada escalating opioid crisis, including $150 million in emergency funding. ARTICLE CONT
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stanley cup The next year will see former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins head up an advisory council to come up with options on how to create a national pharmacare program 鈥?a program that the parliamentary budget watchdog has warned could cost $19 billion a year.An estimated 10 per cent of Canadians can ;t afford their prescription drugs each year, the Liberals say. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley flask We ;re trying to get at this issue. It a really important issue, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told a news conference Tuesday before the budget was tabled.It , in our estimation, just not acceptable that a significant subset of the population doesn ;t have access to pharmaceutical products. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Morneau didn Rqix Ontario to take over long-term care homes
OTTAWA 鈥?Representatives from Canada oilpatch said Thursday they don ;t know of a single energy company that has yet benefited from any of Ottawa pandemic-inspired loan programs and many think the cost to access them is too high.Finance Minister Bill Morneau has put billions of dollars on the table to help oil and gas companies, as part of the government massive CO
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stanley quencher eet new standards on methane emissions coming from oil production facilities. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW There are also different kinds of capital or operating loans available for small, medium and large companies.But several company owners and industry advocates told a virtual meeting of the House of Commons finance committee that the various programs have very high bars to qualify or are of no interest to the sector when it just trying to survive. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Loans for smaller- and medium-sized businesses from the Business D
stanley cup evelopment Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada are also still not ready to roll out weeks after they were promised.An emergency loan program for large employers has interest rates that are so high it almost predatory, said Adam Waterman, the president of the Lloydminster Oilfield Technical Society.
