43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Context : Introduction of Private Members' Bills
Bill C-213. Introduction and first reading
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-213, An Act to enact the Canada Pharmacare Act.
He said: Thank you Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to introduce the Canada pharmacare act, an historic step in the history of our country.
The bill is seconded by the member for Burnaby South and supported by millions of Canadians across the country, like Jim, who has to beg at the entrance of Parliament Hill to find the money each month to pay for his medication, and Cole, a constituent whose family pays $1,000 a month for medication that keeps one member of their family alive.
The Canada pharmacare act would ensure universal, comprehensive, and public pharmacare that is accessible and affordable, the very principles of universal medicare. This will save Canadians billions of dollars. It will save the lives of thousands of Canadians who die from preventable causes because they lack medication coverage.
La loi canadienne sur l'assurance-médicaments va faire une différence pour des millions de Canadiennes et de Canadiens. Si les députés appuient ce projet de loi, on peut dire à tout le monde: « l'assurance-médicaments s'en vient enfin ».
Pharmacare is here at last.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
NDP Critic for Canadian Heritage Peter Julian issued the following statement:
"It has come to our attention that a consultant for a federally funded anti-racism project has a disturbing track record of spewing hate speech online against Jewish and francophone communities. This is completely unacceptable. We call on the Minister of Heritage to take drastic action and terminate his contract.
NDP Heritage Critic Peter Julian issued the following statement:
“Today’s announcement by Hockey Canada is another attempt to delay the important and urgent work to deal with the toxic culture in this organization. While a former Supreme Court Justice is a credible appointment to conduct the review into Hockey Canada, this won’t be the first time the organization undergoes this process.
NDP critic for Canadian Heritage, Peter Julian, made the following statement:
“Canadians are horrified by the incidents of sexual assault and by what they’re hearing from Hockey Canada. They are left with many questions about how this toxic culture is allowed to persist in our sports organizations and what the government is actually doing to ensure this doesn’t happen again.