Tag: Liberal-NDP alliance

NDP to Call Off Alliance With Liberals If No Pharmarcare Bill This Year: Jagmeet Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will consider calling off the alliance with the Liberals if the government doesn’t introduce and pass a bill for a universal national pharmacare program in Parliament this year. “We want to see a national framework presented in Parliament, and passed in Parliament before the end of the year,” Singh said on…


NDP Will Call Off Alliance With Liberals If No Pharmarcare Bill This Year, Singh Says

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will consider calling off the alliance with the Liberals if the government doesn’t introduce and pass a bill for a universal national pharmacare program this year. “We want to see a national framework presented in Parliament, and passed in Parliament before the end of the year,” Singh said on Jan. 19,…


Want Tighter Restrictions on Protests? Progressive Politicians Should Beware What They Wish For

Commentary People were aghast at the behaviour of a small group of protesters who recently surrounded NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at a Peterborough, Ontario, provincial election campaign event. The protesters were intimidating and pressing as they shouted a string of obscenities at Singh and followed him to a waiting van. Few rational people condone that…


AB, Sask. Premiers Say Liberal-NDP Alliance Will Harm Oil and Gas Industry

The forming of a Liberal-NDP alliance to support Liberals on confidence votes until 2025 is raising concerns from prairie premiers over the partnership’s potential threat to Canada’s oil and gas industry. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the agreement on March 22, after his government secured the support of the NDP in exchange for progress on…


Liberal-NDP Alliance: A Marriage of Convenience, But at What Cost?

Commentary The alliance announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a bold one. Strategically, one can see the merit in the plan. Canadians are exhausted after years of a pandemic and constant political instability. After a general election that barely moved the needle in the balance of power in Ottawa,…