Canada and Manitoba Sign Pharmacare Agreement Under New Pharmacare Act

Canada’s Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the “Pharmacare Act”) received royal assent on October 10, 2024 and established a framework for national pharmacare. On February 27, 2025, the Hon. Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, announced that the federal government had entered into two bilateral agreements with the Government of Manitoba that will provide $267 million in federal funding to improve access to affordable medications for Manitobans. These are the first national…
By: Stikeman Elliott LLP