Bert Laranjo’s Policies on Healthcare Issues

Should the federal government increase spending on healthcare?

Party’s support baseYes, and do not privatize any services

Should prescription drugs be covered under Canada’s universal healthcare plan?

Party’s support baseYes, but only when a high cost threshold is exceeded

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

Party’s support baseYes, but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies

Healthcare › Mental Health Funding

Should the government increase funding for mental health initiatives?

Party’s support baseYes, and increase funding for research into the causes of mental illness

Healthcare › Dental Coverage

Should preventative dental care be covered under Canada’s universal healthcare plan?

Party’s support baseYes, but only for children

Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

Party’s support baseYes, but allow people to use private insurance

Healthcare › Vaccine Mandates for Customers

Should private businesses have the right to ask customers for their vaccination status?

Party’s support baseNo

Healthcare › Healthcare Privatization

Should there be more or less privatization of hospital and healthcare services?

Party’s support baseMore

Healthcare › Healthcare

Should healthcare be a provincial or federal responsibility?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchProvincial

Healthcare › Safe Haven

Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

Party’s support baseNo

Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass

Should the government require employees of large businesses to be vaccinated from COVID?

Party’s support baseNo

Healthcare › Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

Party’s support baseYes, but only for medical use

Healthcare › Marketing Unhealthy Products to Youth

Should the government ban the promotion of products that contribute to unhealthy lifestyles for young people, such as vaping and junk food?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › AI Doctors

Should AI be allowed to diagnose patients and prescribe medicine without human doctor supervision?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchNo

Healthcare › Medical Consensus

Should medical boards penalize doctors who give health advice that contradicts contemporary scientific consensus?

Party’s support baseNo

Healthcare › Physician Conscience Rights

Should doctors be allowed to refuse referrals for medical services that conflict with their moral or religious beliefs?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, freedom of conscience is a fundamental Charter right and the state cannot compel doctors to be complicit in acts they consider immoral.

Healthcare › World Health Organization

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, but only relative to the amount that other countries contribute

Healthcare › Mandatory Addiction Treatment

Should the government force individuals with severe drug addictions into mandatory treatment programs?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, we need to reclaim public spaces from chaos and open drug use

Healthcare › Safe Injection Site Zones

Should supervised drug injection sites be legally banned from operating near schools and daycares?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, while harm reduction matters, placing these facilities in family zones destroys neighborhood safety and local businesses

Healthcare › MAID for Mental Illness

Should medically assisted death be available to people suffering solely from a mental illness?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchNo

Healthcare › Alcohol Warning Labels

Should alcohol bottles be required to carry cancer warning labels like cigarette packages?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, this is nanny-state overreach and adults don't need the government to babysit them.

Healthcare › Private Healthcare Clinics

Should Canadians be legally allowed to pay out-of-pocket at private clinics to bypass public healthcare waitlists?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › Safer Supply Policy

Should the government provide taxpayer-funded, pharmaceutical-grade opioids to addicts to prevent overdoses from toxic street drugs?

BL>BL ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, the government should not be a drug dealer facilitating addiction

Bert Laranjo