iPolitics AM: NDP to tout universal pharmacare, oppose for-profit nursing homes
By Kady O'Malley. Published on Jan 28, 2021 6:01am
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters in October 2019. (Rachel Emmanuel/iPolitics)
As part of his pre-sitting pledge to “keep fighting for people,”
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to “renew” his party’s call for the federal Liberals to “take profits out of long-term care,” starting with Revera, Inc., the private, for-profit chain of seniors homes wholly owned by the
Public Sector Pension Investment Board. (10:30 AM)
Joining Singh for the mid-morning Zoom appearance, as per the party-issued advisory: senior representatives from the