US EditionPoilievre promises to maintain dental care, pharmacare and child care programs if elected
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promises that no Canadian will lose their federal dental care or pharmacare under his government, stating, "We will protect these programs, and nobody who has them will lose them."
- Health Minister Kamal Khera announced that Canadians aged 18 to 64 can apply for a national dental insurance program in May, anticipating 4.5 million uninsured Canadians to join the plan.
- NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh criticized Poilievre, stating that his commitment to maintain these programs contradicts his previous votes against dental care and pharmacare legislation.
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Poilievre Pledges to ‘Protect’ Pharmacare and Dental Care; Carney Promises New Submarines
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will “protect” the newly introduced Liberal government social programs such as dental care and pharmacare. The Conservatives have largely refrained from discussing the federal dental care program, and have criticized pharmacare in the past. But the Tory leader told reporters March 25 he would not axe the programs if elected. “We will protect these programs and no one who has them will lose them,” Poil…
Pierre Poilievre says he’d support Liberal pharmacare, dental care programs: ‘No one who has them will lose them’
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged that he won't entirely dismantle two of the Liberals’ flagship social programs if elected prime minister, but questions remain about who would still receive coverage – and how.
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