The New Democrats throw the Liberals a lifeline

This also means the next Conservative leader will be on the national stage for a longer period of time, so he or she won’t seem so brand spanking new at the next federal election. Extra time also means Trudeau will have more opportunities to address and solve national unity problems and, who knows, by 2025 maybe the world situation might improve.

Let's do this: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on Nov. 14, 2019, publicly announced on Monday, March 21, 2022, that they had struck a rare 'supply and confidence' agreement aimed at keeping this Parliament and the prime minister's mandate going until the fall of 2025, when the next fixed election date is scheduled. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

March 24, 2022

OAKVILLE, ONT.—So, the New Democrats have agreed to a deal which will see them prop up the Liberal government until 2025. I’m not entirely sure what this arrangement does for the NDP, but it certainly helps the Liberals. In fact, this deal is a lifeline for Trudeau. I say that because had an ...

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