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Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥: Jagmeet Singh talks healthcare in one-on-one interview

TODAY IN B.C.: National NDP Leader is holding roundtable discussions in B.C.
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The Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South has been holding roundtable discussions in various locations throughout British Columbia.

Peter McCully, host of Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥˜Today in B.C.Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ caught up to Jagmeet Singh on Vancouver Island.

Singh says that overall, the people that he has talked to in the sessions are offering feasible solutions to healthcare issues.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥˜The solutions that are being proposed by some of the healthcare workers and residents are very achievableÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™, says Singh. Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥˜One of the solutions that we keep on hearing is the idea of a team-based healthcare approach where you go into an office with a nurse, a doctor, a physiotherapist, a dietician, a social worker to deal with the problems that people face with in a holistic way in dealing with it all together.Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™

The NDP Leader says that they are the party of healthcare, and they are defending Tommy DouglasÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ vision of universal healthcare across the country.

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥˜The solution to a healthcare system thatÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s not working isnÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™t to make it two tier, isnÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™t to introduce more for-profit options. It is to strengthen what we have and improve what we have and expand on what we have so that itÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s there for peopleÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ says Singh.

In a wide-ranging interview, Singh talks about affordability issues, the Canada Pharmacare Program and Affordable Housing.

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Peter McCully

About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of CanadaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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