In the 1960s, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress forged a bond and came together to form a new political party—the NDP. Both organizations need to rediscover that fighting spirit to become a political force once again. Otherwise, they will wither and fade into irrelevance and oblivion.
While I agree universal would’ve been better, the cutoff is 90k. That’s something like 80% of the population who qualify, and the top 20% can probably afford it.
In practice, is it really that different than universal with a raise in taxes on the wealthiest 20%?
90k isn’t the wealthiest 20%…
EDIT I stand corrected https://www.statista.com/statistics/484838/income-distribution-in-canada-by-income-level/
But still waiting for an actual good reason.
And not to mention the drug plan only covers 2 types of drugs.