Wenn eine Mine ein Nation-Building-Projekt ist, warum dann nicht Universal Pharmacare? Erfahren Sie mehr über den großen Vorstoß, Mark Carney dahinter zu bringen
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/if-a-mine-is-a-nation-building-project-why-not-universal-pharmacare-learn-about-the/article_c285c9a4-bbba-4266-9a7d-29b7004ed35d.html
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I agree. When I think of „nation building“ I think of housing. Healthcare. Food security. Quality of life. Electoral and labour reform. Education.
It seems like when Carney talks about nation building what he really means is „pocket padding“. The way to build a nation is through its citizens, not just making our wealthy even wealthier.
While I support a universal pharmacare program. Because healthcare is administered by the provincial governments it isn’t something that can really be pushed effectively while trying to actively protect Canadian jobs and grow our GDP to keep debt manageable.
I don’t believe the pipeline is a nation building project either mind you.
Transportation infrastructure, expanding mining capabilities, and creating refining for our raw materials (including O&G) will grow our national intests far more than a drug plan or a pipeline alone could.
Pharmacare would be an expensive nightmare to enact. Generally private health plans are doing a decent job and paying for it themselves.
They’d need some form of payroll tax to go along with it and the first thing companies would do is end their benefit programs. There would be huge swaths of people that would be getting a downgrade in benefits and now with more taxes.
More than all of these, build a trans Canada HSR or even straight up highway expansion from coast to coast will guarantee you more material benefit than a pipeline in the middle of an oil glut and more than half the world shifting to EVs. But that wont happen.
Just like building public generics option or capability for pharma care expansion wont happen even the cost savings would be astronomical.
Because at this time, we need projects that generate economic activities in order to pay for these social programs
One helps Canadians live better, healthier lives and the other gives corporations billions of dollars from exploiting our natural wealth.
A “nation building project” is something that will stimulate the economy long term. How would Pharmacare do that?
It’s upsetting how few people, including the media, understand the basic concepts of how money, taxes, and budgets work… Not to mention people’s basic reading comprehensions.
I’m 41 now and I feel like in the past 10 years the number of people who will read or listen to what someone says and then change it around to something else they thought of in their own head and reply to that has drastically increased. Also the number of people who immediately jump to assumptions or conclusions without anything to support it.
I’m curious if the author of this article even read the following:
[Major Projects Office of Canada: Initial Projects under Consideration – Canada.ca](https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/news/2025/09/major-projects-office-of-canada-initial-projects-under-consideration.html)
>Canada stands at a pivotal juncture as the global economy undergoes profound transformation. Decisive action is required to secure Canada’s long-term prosperity; this is a moment to act with ambition, confidence, and purpose.
>This is Canada’s opportunity to think big and deliver on projects that will define the next century. We must build critical nation-building projects at speeds not seen in generations. These projects will create the infrastructure to diversify our trading relationships, unlock new markets, and position Canada as both a clean-energy and conventional-energy superpower.
>Canada must provide clear and predictable regulatory pathways to attract global capital, accelerate innovation, and encourage domestic investment. By doing so, we will not only grow our economy but also protect Canadian industries from over-reliance on any single export market, strengthening our sovereignty and resilience.
>We can transform our natural wealth, our world-class workforce, and our entrepreneurial spirit into engines of prosperity. With the right choices, Canada can lead in the energy transition, shape the future of critical mineral supply chains, and become a global hub for technology and advanced manufacturing.
Haven’t read the article (can’t), but it’s pretty clear that all of the Nation-Building Projects of the current MPO docket contribute to one goal: Strengthening self-sufficiency. Additionally, I understand the „Nation-Building Projects“ designation refers to the projects that require long regulatory assessments for development and construction.
Pharmacare does not really fall under either category, let alone both.
I think the „Nation-Building Project“ branding is maybe a bit broad for what it’s being used for at the moment. I do hope that the aims of the „Nation-Building Projects“ do pivot and that projects like HSR eventually fall under the purview, but the „why“ of the headline is an easy question to answer.
A „nation-building project“ is a capital project, where pharmacare is an annual expense. The goal here is to look for temporary expenses that provide a permanent benefit, rather than permanent expenses. Everyone in Canada knows the provinces need more health care money, but that’s not what we’re talking about when we’re talking about short term projects to dig us out of a recession.