Pharmacare Now

Over 170 national and provincial organizations from all regions across Canada released a joint statement calling on the new federal government to immediately implement universal, public pharmacare. The Pharmacare Now statement is supported by a diverse coalition representing health care providers, non-profit organizations, unions, workers, seniors and patients from coast to coast to coast. Printable pdf here.

Email pharmacarenow@gmail.com if your organization would like to sign on to this statement

STATEMENT

In the wake of the federal election, our coalition of national and provincial organizations is calling on the new government to immediately implement universal, public pharmacare.

Our large and diverse coalition represents health care providers, non-profit organizations, unions, workers, seniors, patients and academics from across the country. Within a minority Parliament, co-operation is more important than ever. We are urging all parties to work together in the interest of the population of Canada to ensure that a comprehensive pharmacare plan gets adopted within this government’s mandate. This essential new program should be based on the Pharmacare Consensus Principles, which have been endorsed by more than 80 organizations and which were reflected in the recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare. This program should be public, universal, comprehensive, accessible and portable.

Canada needs pharmacare now!

SIGNATORIES

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACORN Canada
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights / Action Canada pour la santé et les drois sexuels
Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians / Alliance pour l’égalité des personnes aveugles du Canada

Be the Change Earth Alliance
BloodWatch.org
Broadbent Institute / Institut Broadbent

Canada Without Poverty / Canada Sans Pauvreté
Canada’s Building Trades Unions / Syndicats des métiers de la construction du Canada
Canadian AIDS Society / La Société canadienne du sida
Canadian Association of Community Health Centres /Association canadienne des centres de santé communautaire
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians / Association Canadienne des Médecins d’Urgence
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Canadian Association of Retired Teachers / Association des enseignantes et des enseignants retraités du Canada (ACER-CART)
Canadian Association of Social Workers / Association canadienne des travailleuses et travailleurs sociaux
Canadian Association of University Teachers / Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d’université
Canadian Cancer Survivor Network / Réseau canadien des survivants du cancer
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives / Centre canadien de politiques alternatives
Canadian Doctors for Medicare / Médecins canadiens pour le régime public
Canadian Federation of Medical Students / Fédération des étudiants et des étudiantes en médecine du Canada
Canadian Federation of Musicians / Fédération canadienne des musiciens
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions / Fédération canadienne des syndicats d’infirmières et d’infirmiers
Canadian Federation of Students / Fédération canadienne des étudiantes et étudiants
Canadians for Tax Fairness / Canadiens pour une fiscalité équitable
Canadian Health Coalition / Coalition canadienne de la santé
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network / Réseau juridique canadien VIH/sida
Canadian Injured Workers Alliance
Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès du travail du Canada
Canadian Medical Association / Association Médicale Canadienne
Canadian Nurses Association / Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association / Association des étudiant(e)s infirmier(ère)s du Canada
Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union / Le Syndicat canadien des employées et employés professionnels et de bureau
Canadian Paediatric Society / Société canadienne de pédiatrie
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists / Société canadienne des pharmaciens d’hôpitaux
Canadian Union of Postal Workers / Syndicat des travailleurs et des travailleuses des postes
CATIE
Child Care Now (Canada’s Child Care Advocacy Association) / Un Enfant, Une Place (Association canadienne pour la promotion des services de garde)
Children’s Healthcare Canada
Citizens for Public Justice / Citoyens pour une politique juste
College of Family Physicians of Canada / Collège des médecins de famille du Canada
Community-Based Research Centre / Centre de recherche communautaire
Community Food Centres Canada / Centres communautaires d’alimentation du Canada
Congress of Union Retirees of Canada / Association des syndicalistes à la retraite du Canada
Council of Canadians / Conseil des canadiens
Council of Canadians with Disabilities / Conseil des Canadiens avec déficiences
CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) / SCFP (Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique)

DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada / Réseau d’action des femmes handicapées du Canada

Faces of Pharmacare / Visages de l’assurance-médicaments

Global Foundation For Social Harmony and Sustainable Development

Health Providers Against Poverty / Fournisseurs de Soins de Santé Contre la Pauvreté
Heart & Stroke / Coeur + AVC

Inter Pares
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Motion Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada (IATSE)  / Alliance internationale des employés de scène, de théâtre et de cinéma des États-Unis, de ses Territoires et du Canada (AIEST)

Leadnow

Millennial Womxn in Policy

National Association of Federal Retirees / Association nationale des retraités fédéraux
National Association of Women and the Law / Association nationale Femmes et Droit
National Council of Women of Canada / Conseil National des femmes du Canada
National Farmers Union / Union Nationale des Fermiers
National Organization of Retired Postal Workers / Organisation nationale des travailleuses et travailleurs retraités des postes
National Pensioners Federation / Fédération Nationale de Retraités
National Union of Public and General Employees / Syndicat national des employées et employés généraux et du secteur public

Patient Critical Co-op
Pediatric Chairs of Canada
Pharmacare 2020
Polaris Institute / Institut Polaris
PovNet
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada / Institut professionnel de la fonction publique du Canada
Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada

Realize / Réalise
RTOERO

SEIU Healthcare
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada/Société de la médecine rurale du Canada

T1International

Unifor
United Church of Canada / Église Unie du Canada
United Food and Commercial Workers / Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce
United Steelworkers / Syndicat des Métallos
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Upstream: Institute for a Healthy Society
Urban Alliance on Race Relations

Women’s Shelters Canada / Hébergement femmes Canada

PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATIONS

AccessBC
AIDS Committee Newfoundland & Labrador
Alberta Association of Community Health Centres
Alberta Community Council on HIV
Alberta Council on Aging
Alberta Federation of Labour
Alberta Federation of Union Retirees / Fédération des syndicalistes retraités de l’Alberta
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux
Alliance for Healthier Communities (Ontario)
Alternatives North
ARCH Disability Law Centre
Association of BC College Pension Plan Retirees

BC Building Trades
BC College of Family Physicians
BC Federation of Labour
BC Federation of Retired Union Members
BC Government Retired Employees Association
BC Health Coalition
BC Nurses’ Union
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BC Rural Health Network
British Columbia Association of Community Health Centres
British Columbia Government and Services Employees’ Union
British Columbia Retired Teachers’ Association
British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Centrale des syndicats du Québec
Citizens With Disabilities – Ontario
Coalition des organismes communautaires québécois de lutte contre le
sida
Coalition des tables régionales d’organismes communautaires
Coalition solidarité santé
Confédération des syndicats nationaux
CUPE Ontario / SCFP Ontario

Disability Alliance BC

Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS-CSN)
Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec–FIQ
Fight for $15 & Fairness / Lutte pour 15$
Friends of Medicare (Alberta)

Health Coalition of Newfoundland and Labrador
Health Sciences Association of Alberta
Health Sciences Association of BC / Association des sciences de la santé de la Colombie-Britannique
Hospital Employees’ Union

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD) / Coalition interagence sida et développement (CISD)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – BC Provincial Council

Living Wage for Families Campaign

MacKillop Centre for Social Justice
Manitoba Association of Community Health
Manitoba Federation of Labour
Manitoba Health Coalition / Coalition manitobaine de la santé
Manitoba Nurses Union
Médecins québécois pour le régime public
MoveUP

New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice / Front commun pour la justice sociale du Nouveau-Brunswick
New Brunswick Federation of Labour / Fédération des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Nouveau-Brunswick
New Brunswick Medical Society / Société médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
New Brunswick Nurses Union / Syndicat des infirmières et infirmiers du Nouveau-Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour
Non-Academic Staff Association (Alberta)
Northern Territories Federation of Labour
Nova Scotia Association of Community Health Centres
Nova Scotia Federation of Labour
Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union (NSGEU) / Syndicat de la fonction publique de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Nova Scotia Health Coalition
Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union

OHIP for All / OHIP pour Tous
Ontario College of Family Physicians
Ontario Federation of Labour / Fédération du travail de l’Ontario
Ontario Health Coalition
Ontario Nurses’ Association

Pacific AIDS Network / Réseau Pacifique de SIDA
Parent Support Services Society of BC
PEI Coalition for a Poverty Eradication Strategy
PEI Federation of Labour
PEI Health Coalition
PEI Nurses’ Union
Prince Edward Island Retired Teachers Association
Planned Parenthood NL Sexual Health Centre
Public Service Alliance of Canada, BC / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada, Colombie-Britannique

Québec Accessible
Quebec Association for the Defense of the Rights of Retired and Pre-Retired Persons / Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario / Association des infirmières et infirmiers autorisés de l’Ontario
Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland & Labrador
Retired Teachers of Ontario / Enseignantes et​ enseignants retraités de l’Ontario
Retired Teachers Organization of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union

Saskatchewan Federation of Labour
Saskatchewan Medical Association
Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
Save Our Northern Seniors / Sauvez nos aînés du Nord
Seniors United Now
Service Employees’ International Union – West
Sexual Health Nova Scotia
Sexual Health Options, Resources & Education Centre

Table des regroupements provinciaux d’organismes communautaires et bénévoles

Union des consommateurs du Québec
United Nurses of Alberta

Workers Action Centre

Yukon Federation of Labour
Yukon Medical Association

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