Does Alberta Need a National Pharmacare Plan?

Nobody will be surprised to learn Alberta and Ottawa are at odds again. This time, it's over the funding and management of Pharmacare. Alberta was the first province to publicly decline the federal government's proposal for a national program...but is that actually a good move for everyday Albertans? 

4:15 | Dr. Rupider Toor explains why she thinks Alberta should sign on to the national Pharmacare plan. 

DR. TOOR'S PREVIOUS REAL TALK INTERVIEW: rtrj.info/081723Toor 

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26:25 | Take Back Alberta founder David Parker says he's seen the light. He says, after speaking with Premier Danielle Smith, he's done with vicious online attacks against his political opponents. Do you buy it? Does it matter? 

37:15 | We had a big response to our March 6 episode about harm reduction with Euan Thomson and Anthony Furey. Ryan and Johnny discuss. 

42:00 | Real Talker Emily gives us the goods re: how she feels about a national Pharmacare plan. 

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44:30 | It's DUMPING snow in Jasper right now! We show off a few photos of the brand new Knob Quad Chair at Marmot Basin and tee up the spring social schedule on the mountain in #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper.

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47:30 | Johnny's been riding the bus to work for a while now, and says it's not the experience he was expecting. His comments lead to a bigger conversation about social supports, and a reference tto our interview with Guy Felicella and Dr. Andrea Sereda.

GUY FELICELLA ON REAL TALK: https://rtrj.info/051723Felicella

1:03:30 | We've got an update to the story of that tailings pond leak contaminating the land and water near the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. 

1:05:15 | We remember Kyle Dube.

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