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Marcus Powlowski

  • Member of Parliament
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  • Liberal
  • Thunder Bay—Rainy River
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 65%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,359.62

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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • May/30/24 10:34:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member's question is very pertinent. I have some background in this. Once upon a time, years ago, I worked in a tiny country in the South Pacific, Vanuatu, on its essential drug list, which was its first essential drug list. The WHO is trying to do this with a lot of countries. Similarly in Canada, this act calls for the creation of an essential drug list. On that essential drug list, we would have the input of physicians and other specialists from across Canada to determine what the priority drugs are that a government finance system ought to supply its citizenry. That is an important question, and it is one of the next steps. I, like her, realize that this does not bring us to a national pharmacare system, but it is an important step on the way to that.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Mr. Marcus Powlowski
  • Feb/13/23 4:10:47 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, I have not in fact read the report. At the moment, the problem is that we have 10 provinces and three territories that are all expected to come up with the appropriate safeguards, and I do not think any of them have actually publicly come forward with those safeguards. I would further suggest that it ought not be the colleges of physicians and surgeons that are put in the position to have to put those safeguards in. It is up to us, the elected representatives who are accountable to the people, who ought to be the ones making those decisions, not the colleges of physicians and surgeons. I would agree with the member that one person who stays in suffering is too many; however, I would also suggest that one person whose life is taken prematurely because of an overly liberal approach to MAID and the pain that that causes, particularly to the family, ought to be something we consider before making any decision that would allow that to happen.
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