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Helen Stevenson, former head of Ontario’s public drug plan during implementation of the controversial Transparent Drug System for Patients Act, has set her sights on reforming private-sector drug plans—and she’s hoping to count community pharmacies among her allies.

Deb Matthews, with three years plus at the helm of health, may yet challenge my tenure of 56 months as Ontario health minister. As I predict that Premier Designate Wynne will be skillful in avoiding an election, at least through the spring of 2014, it seems likely that Matthews will get awfully close. She deserves to stay on.