Working across party lines with Don Davies
Uncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith
English - May 26, 2021 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBPolitics News Homepage Download IPFS Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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MP Don Davies plays an important parliamentary role as the NDP Health Critic in the course of the pandemic. On this episode, Don and Nate discuss the importance of working across party lines, recent work together on the TRIPS waiver, and the need to put partisanship aside and deliver evidence-based drug policy reform to save lives.
You can read the letter calling our government to support the TRIPS waiver here, signed by over 80 parliamentarians from all parties.
Don and Nate are also co-chairs of the cannabis caucus together, alongside Conservative MP Scott Reid.
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