‘Coalition government in everything but name’: experts say NDP-Liberal agreement in good shape one year in, don’t expect election any time soon

But NDP strategist Cam Holmstrom says the 'only wild card is the foreign interference piece,' and that if the public sees the government failing to protect democracy, it makes it 'near impossible' for the NDP to keep the supply-and-confidence agreement going.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The two parties agreed to a supply-and-confidence agreement in March 2022, and have since seen the fruits of their collaboration in the 2023 federal budget.

In the development of the recent federal budget, one year following the supply-and-confidence agreement between the NDP and the Liberals, political experts say the working arrangement seems to be on good footing, with NDP strategist Cam Holmstrom saying that “in the dynami...

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