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+ ]* K7 w& ?2 \* Q5 Q" U( ]" D Being in two different continents was so unbearable for David Edward-Ooi Poon and Alexandria Aquino that the couple resorted to leaving their phones on overnight so they could be together as they slept. The separation itself broke me, says stanley thermobecher the Regina man. I was despondent and felt that there was nothing I could do. We video call when awake and keep updated on each others day. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW When he and Aquino, whos from Ireland, started seeing stories similar to theirs on social media 鈥?stories about how Canadas COVID-19 travel ban was keeping people separated from their loved ones 鈥?the couple said they somehow felt less alone.So, instead of feeling sorry for themselves, they decided to lead a battle against bureaucracy and public opinion that were both strongly behind the governments pandemic bo stanley quencher rder response. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Last week, after months of campaigning and lobbying, their persistence finally resulted in polic vaso stanley ymakers easing those border restrictions for family reunifications.Starting this past week, unmarried but committed couples and those with a dying relative can visit Canada, subject to mandatory health screening and quarantine. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We grew from two people to 7,500 members . We ran a successful petition. We helped change the public perception. We succeeded exactly the way we Xixu Hamilton s COVID death rate among lowest in Ontario
0 ^ x/ z& W# g8 | Introducing universal pharmacare would cost $26.7 billion in the f stanley cup irst year, the federal Greens said Wednesday as they released the financial details attached to their platform promises.The pledge to ensure all Canadians have access to medication is the biggest new spending item in the Green plan, which is the first federal party to release a platform with price tags for its pledges as reviewed by the parliamentary budget officer. The Conservatives have been costing promises one by one.The platform shows that by fiscal year 2024-25, the Greens ; pharmacare plan would cost $31.3 billion, but by then their proposed budget has the provinces contributing $17 billion. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Liberals and NDP have also pledged a national pharmacare program.NDP L stanley france eader Jagmeet Singh has said he would spend $10 billion a year, working under the premise of a $23.7-billion total cost and having the provinces pay 60 per cent 鈥?roughly what they al stanley cup ready spend on drug coverage through other programs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW When Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made a pharmacare pledge of his own this week, he wouldn ;t say how much it would cost or when it would take full effect.Trudeau has said he would be guided by a panel led by former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins, who pegged the cost at $15.3 billion each year by 2027, when the program would be fully operational. |
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