Manitoba’s health minister says the government didn’t support the Tory bill on breast cancer screening because its measures are already underway.

Bill 203, The Earlier Screening for Breast Cancer Act, did not make it past third reading before the legislative session wrapped up Thursday afternoon.

The Tory bill would lower the age of screening to 45 at the end of this year, and 40 by 2026.

“Our government is already doing more work than what (Tory MLA) Kathleen Cook’s bills ask,” Uzoma Asagwara said.

Cook, the PC health critic, introduced the bill that lowers the age and mandates yearly public reporting by the health minister on the impact of the change.

Cook drafted the same legislation last year, but the government announced similar plans shortly afterward and the bill died.

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