Provincially administered universal pharmacare programs require a secure, affordable drug supply: A matter of national security?

In the 1930s, the Ontario government won a lawsuit to force the withdrawal of a federal public service pamphlet which warned parents that thumb-sucking could lead to buckteeth in their children. This precedent and others like it are sufficient to prevent the federal government from providing health care, which is a provincial responsibility, in a system that allows regions to create their own priorities.