Judge supply-and-confidence agreement’s success on getting ‘good things done’, not payoff at the ballot box, say NDP strategists

‘It’s just too soon’ to throw out the Liberal-NDP deal says Cam Holmstrom, noting NDP threats around withdrawing due to the ongoing health-care crisis are part of the party's ‘bargaining position.'
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh takes questions from reporters outside the House of Commons before Question Period on Dec. 14, 2022, two days after threatening to pull his party's support from the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals over the rising health-care crisis.

Following the apparent collapse of the NDP’s vote share in the recent byelection, political observers have argued that the party’s co-operation with the Liberals may not be bearing fruit. But strategists and party officials say determining whether their gambit will be â€...

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