by Alan Cassels
the co-author of the bestselling book, Selling Sickness:How the World’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us all into Patients. He is a drug policy researcher in Victoria, British Columbia
October 18, 2024
I met my local BC Conservative candidate, Tim Thielmann, last week.
He was canvassing my neighbourhood here in Victoria as I was cycling back home from the grocery store, so I stopped and introduced myself.
I said something out loud I had never in my life said to anyone, least not a Conservative candidate: “I’m going to vote Conservative.”
Having voted NDP or Green all of my adult life, switching my vote in this provincial election is a massive U-Turn for me.
Typically I can’t form strong opinions about the various policies promoted by the different parties because I don’t know enough, whether it’s housing, inflation, climate or tax policy. That’s different when it comes to pharmaceutical policy.
I’ve spent 30 years researching policies related to drug prescribing, clinical evidence and drug marketing, written books on these topics and now find myself looking at this election through a single lens: how sensible do they sound on their approach to drug policy?”
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