In joining the suit, the federal government is effectively endorsing a heavily critical assessment of the corporate behaviour of a company it has paid out nearly $116-million since 2015
Opioids can be prescribed by doctors to relieve pain, but can also lead to addiction. Black market or street versions of more potent opioids such asThe federal government’s support of “safe supply” programs aimed at providing legal fentanyl alternatives for drug users has increasingly become atopic in the House of Commons, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused the Liberal government of worsening the crisis.
A recently amended version of B.C.’s statement of claim against McKinsey accuses the consulting company of causing Canadian deaths through its past marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies. “McKinsey’s conduct assisted in creating an oversupply of opioids available for criminal and illicit use and fuelled a new wave of addiction, dependence, abuse, and injury,” the B.C. claim states.with all federal, provincial and territorial governments related to its role in marketing opioid-based pain medicine north of the border.Purdue was just one of more than 40 pharmaceutical companies that B.C. is pursuing in a separate class action.
Several parliamentary committees have been studying the relationship between the federal government and McKinsey to determine why federal contracting with the consulting firm has increased steadily from nearly zero since the Liberals formed government in 2015.
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