Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will “protect” the newly introduced Liberal government social programs such as dental care and pharmacare.
The Conservatives have largely refrained from discussing the federal dental care program, and have criticized pharmacare in the past. But the Tory leader told reporters March 25 he would not axe the programs if elected.
“We will protect these programs and no one who has them will lose them,” Poilievre told reporters during a campaign stop in Vaughan, Ont. “We will make sure that nobody loses their dental care.”
Pharmacare and the national dental-care program were key elements of the former supply-and-confidence agreement between the Liberals and NDP….