Bill 41: The Pharmaceutical Act

Wednesday evening this week I attended the Special General Meeting of the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association. The meeting was called to discuss Bill 41, The Pharmaceutical Act. I was there to listen carefully to the discussion and to talk to members who were there because we will be debating possible report stage amendments to this Bill, and going in to third reading in the next few days. There was strong overall support for most of the measures in Bill 41 which will provide for a modernization of pharmacists practice in Manitoba. There was also quite strong feeling and some divergence of opinion about several items in this bill.