Alberta and Saskatchewan’s health ministers say they haven’t been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election.

Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill told reporters after a meeting with his fellow provincial and territorial health officials in Calgary that he hasn’t discussed his province’s involvement in the program since former federal minister Mark Holland was in office.

“We haven’t been engaged by the new minister, Minister (Marjorie) Michel, on that yet,” Cockrill said Thursday.

Adriana LaGrange, Alberta’s minister of primary and preventative health services, says she too hasn’t been in touch about signing a deal, and noted the “vast majority” of funds set aside by Ottawa has been spent on the four deals it has signed.

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