Liberal-NDP deal promises nothing more than a pharmacare pantomime

It is not clear what is new in this announcement. Pharmacare remains just beyond the next election horizon.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have each got a lot of political mileage out of past pharmacare announcements. Last week's vague joint announcement continued the positive coverage, writes Nav Persaud.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NAV PERSAUD

March 31, 2022

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stepped over broken promises about pharmacare walking down the aisle to join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a confidence and supply agreement. The “marriage” vows included a new promise—not to implement pharmacare, but about “continuing progress” toward a nationa...

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