I am so happy that the NDP is using its power in the minority government to push the Liberal government to do things that actually HELP Canadians! Fingers Crossed that this gets passed before December!
"It is crucial that the legislation be clear that the system is universal, comprehensive and entirely public, so no one will have to pay out of pocket for their medication," Davies said in a media statement.

"Only a single-payer pharmacare system will achieve the savings, efficiencies and fairness that is the hallmark of Canadian medicare. Anything less will be unacceptable to Canadians and the NDP."
#CanPoli #cdnpoli #NDP #HealthCare #Pharmacare #SocialPrograms
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-holland-health-minister-pharmacare-1.6938470

Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman Insists JPMorgan Boss Jamie Dimon Should Run in the 2024 US Presidential Race - Billionaire investor and Pershing Square Capital Management CEO, Bill Ackman, has ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/billionaire-investor-bill-ackman-insists-jpmorgan-boss-jamie-dimon-should-run-in-the-2024-us-presidential-race/ #2024unitedstatespresidentialrace #billionaireinvestor #rationaltaxpolicies #cognitivedecline #politicalcareer #respectedleader #socialprograms #billackman

#BrandonJohnson projected to win #ChicagoMayoralElection

Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner & fmr public school teacher, projected to win #Chicago mayoral runoff w/a message to increase investment in #SocialPrograms to address #PublicSafety fears….

W/>90% of the vote counted, Johnson, 47, was leading Paul Vallas, 69, a fmr Chicago schools exec who ran on a tough-on-crime msg, 51.4% to 48.6%

#ChicagoMayor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/chicago-mayoral-runoff-election/

@Bakersm11
She cuts taxes…no $$ for #SocialPrograms like #Medicaid #LegalAid

11/23 And then the stock market crashed in 1929.

#FranklinDRoosevelt, a Democrat based in New York (the north!), won with a Texan as running mate.

As the effects of the crash mushroomed into the #GreatDepression, #FDR initiated several new #SocialPrograms primarily to help those southerners whose #plantations — er, farms — had become poor (since they'd lost their slave labor),and "forgotten".

The Democrats were sliding towards being more progressive and based in the north!

@ABDanielleSmith despicable giveaway to #International #OilAndGas #Corporations when #Healthcare, #Education, #SocialPrograms desperately need more funding! @RachelNotley @albertaNDP @AB_AgainstUCP @Alberta_UCP #ableg @OilGasCanada @jackmintz https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/02/20/well-intentioned-danielle-smiths-new-plan-hits-a-nerve-in-oil-soaked-alberta.html

[China's]"long demographic slide has begun. By the end of this century, #China’s #population will be about a third of what it is today. The projected decline is the steepest in history in the absence of war or disease."
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/01/china-will-lose-a-billion-people-by-2100/
#populationdecline #demographics #socialprograms #history #futurist