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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

NDP's reset fizzles, as it's shamed into a retreat on 10-year-old Charleigh Pollock (The Orca)

Dogged by a series of unpopular decisions, and facing grumbling from within his own party, Premier David Eby attempted a reset of sorts Thursday. Not with his cabinet shuffle, which was a tepid affair. But later in the evening, when his health minister backed down from months of mean-spirited stubbornness to restore drug coverage to a dying 10-year-old girl. Josie Osborne phoned the family of Charleigh Pollock to say her medicine will be reinstated and “available to them for as long as the treating physician and the family deem it appropriate.” The minister was apparently quite apologetic on the call. She should be. Her government put Charleigh and her family through hell the last five months ... CLICK HERE for the full story 

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