capricorn Posted February 27, 2018 Report Posted February 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, Omni said: Many Canadians cannot afford the drugs they need... As I understand, everyone regardless of income or private coverage will have free access to prescription drugs with no means test. I would much prefer to have free meds for those Canadians that don't have drug coverage and are too young to be covered by senior drug programs. Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
Omni Posted February 27, 2018 Report Posted February 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, capricorn said: As I understand, everyone regardless of income or private coverage will have free access to prescription drugs with no means test. I would much prefer to have free meds for those Canadians that don't have drug coverage and are too young to be covered by senior drug programs. I don't think the actual details have been revealed yet as to exactly how the program will work. It was not a line item on the budget. Quote
capricorn Posted February 28, 2018 Report Posted February 28, 2018 23 hours ago, Omni said: I don't think the actual details have been revealed yet as to exactly how the program will work. As you are no doubt aware, an advisory board headed by the ex-Ontario Minister of Health will conduct a study and make its recommendations to the government on a national pharmacare plan. I'm pleased to see that Morneau clarified that the future pharmacare program will not be universal but will target Canadians not covered by private drug plans, such as self employed Canadians. This is a smart move on the part of Trudeau's Liberals as a new pharmacare plan can form part of their election campaign in 2019. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-budget-2018-pharmacare-1.4555186 Quote "We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs." Will Rogers
Argus Posted March 1, 2018 Report Posted March 1, 2018 3 hours ago, capricorn said: As you are no doubt aware, an advisory board headed by the ex-Ontario Minister of Health will conduct a study and make its recommendations to the government on a national pharmacare plan. I'm pleased to see that Morneau clarified that the future pharmacare program will not be universal but will target Canadians not covered by private drug plans, such as self employed Canadians. This is a smart move on the part of Trudeau's Liberals as a new pharmacare plan can form part of their election campaign in 2019. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/morneau-budget-2018-pharmacare-1.4555186 It certainly falls in line of their ongoing habit of buying votes from Canadians with our own money. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Centerpiece Posted March 1, 2018 Report Posted March 1, 2018 An interesting scenario is the Carbon Tax. If the PCs in Ontario reject the Carbon Tax and win the June election - especially with a strong majority......and then Trudeau tries to "impose" the tax in some manner - then he will do so at his peril and run the risk of losing a bunch of Ontario seats. A second scenario involves the Alberta election in May 2019. If Jason Kenney wins,, he will be a very credible and formidable foe for Trudeau. On the surface one might think Big Deal - Liberals gave few opportunities to grow (screw the West, we'll take the rest)....BUT....Kenny is a very influential character - opposed to the Carbon Tax and very eloquent in his reasoning. Quote
Queenmandy85 Posted March 1, 2018 Report Posted March 1, 2018 The guy I pegged as a dud, Sheer, has begun to show some promise. While it is unlikely to turn into a CPC majority, he will give JT a run for his money. Quote A Conservative stands for God, King and Country
Goddess Posted March 1, 2018 Report Posted March 1, 2018 14 hours ago, Queenmandy85 said: The guy I pegged as a dud, Sheer, has begun to show some promise. While it is unlikely to turn into a CPC majority, he will give JT a run for his money. He's come up a bit in my view, too. Still, it seems like our choices are: the Muslim extremist, the Sikh extremist or the Christian extremist. Quote "There are two different types of people in the world - those who want to know and those who want to believe." ~~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~~
Phred Dobbs Posted March 2, 2018 Report Posted March 2, 2018 Some thought Civil service union types want us to be outraged by the greed of corporate CEO`s but they are TRULY outraged if we enquire about the greater greed of Sunshine List colleagues! The biggest problem faced by indigenous groups who want more natives put on jury duty is that having a criminal record- as so many natives do- DISQUALIFIES the native candidate! Recently Ontari-owe premier Wynne made a snarling reference to anonymous people sniping at her on social media. Her position is undignified and wrong! If a private citizen went to a govt office for business and got hit with a large tax bill and was prompted to announce that civil service workers were overpaid - that private citizen would be ejected from the building by security. Yet if a govt union worker went to a private business as a customer- and told the biz owner that one of his staff had called the govt worker “overpaid” it would the private sector worker in trouble with his boss! Freedom of speech is currently a ONE WAY STREET! Liberals have announced they want to start censoring the internet- to make it easier to remove posts that are “bullying, untrue or unfair”. The problem is that Liberals think that critics of their MANY FAILED POLICIES are “bullying, untrue and unfair”! This is repression of free speech- for the selfish benefit of Liberal Party- masquerading as public fairness! Liberals say they want new laws to make it easier to take down posts that “bully” or that offer “fake news”- will this mean that anybody who publicly agrees with Ontari-owe auditor general Bonnie Lysyk as she insists that Liberals lied about their 2017 budget being balanced will now be censored and denied access to the web? Those Cdns most strongly advocating two tier medicine expect THEY will be ENTITLED to the upper tier! Liberal and civil service union socialism dictates that govt workers always “share” with those who have MORE- and NEVER share with those who have less! s: Quote
August1991 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Report Posted March 3, 2018 On 6/3/2017 at 12:16 AM, hernanday said: Harper imploded his party by playing the race card... Race card? Hernanday, are you Canadian? ==== In federal Canada, there was once the "religion card". Then, there was the "language card". Race card? I reckon that's in the American deck of cards. Quote
Argus Posted March 3, 2018 Report Posted March 3, 2018 9 hours ago, August1991 said: Race card? Hernanday, are you Canadian? ==== In federal Canada, there was once the "religion card". Then, there was the "language card". Race card? I reckon that's in the American deck of cards. Liberals and Dippers play the race card whenever the subject of immigration arises. 1 Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
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