Canada

Man, fuck these UCP idiots.

Provincial governments need to work closely with the federal government. The provincial government actually has a responsibility to establish and nurture that relationship, and not simply throw temper tantrums when the relationship isn't what they want it to be. When the UCP chooses to be oppositional and obstructive like this, it hurts Alberta citizens, and makes life worse.

There are a lot of things I love about Alberta. But if the next provincial election shows that a majority of the citizens truly want a provincial government that behaves like this, I'm outta here.

In an email to Global News on Sunday, Alberta’s health minister said that if the federal government pursues a national pharmacare program, Alberta intends to opt out, and instead intends to obtain a full per capita share of the funding.

So they can just pocket the money like that with no strings attached? wth

Why even allow provinces to opt out if it's a national plan?

Alberta, why?!

It's truly a miserable fact of life that we somehow elected these childish buffoons that just can't help but say stupid things at every possible opportunity.

Good old conservatives, best I can tell is they are against it because it covers contraceptives.

The feds could negotiate deals with the individual provinces. If your province opts in, they get federal assistance, if they don't they get bupkis.

There is no requirement for the feds to compensate provinces who choose not to sign on to programs.