People call on Prime Minister Mark Carney to support pharmacare during a protest outside the Liberal caucus in Edmonton on Tuesday Sept. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
Newfoundland and Labrador health minister pushes Ottawa to negotiate pharmacare deal
Apr 28, 2026 | 9:53 AM
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has not signed any new pharmacare agreements with the provinces and territories a year after it was first elected, and one province says that’s unfair.
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Minister Lela Evans says the federal government stopped negotiating, and that her province has been excluded from a program it wants to be part of.
The first phase of pharmacare was launched in 2024 and is meant to cover the cost of contraceptives and some diabetes medications.
The Pharmacare Act requires Ottawa to negotiate the terms of funding agreements with provinces and territories.
