Why the NDP is sticking with the deal

The NDP sits in the best position it can realistically hope for: holding the balance of power in a Parliament with a minority Liberal government that prefers being tugged to the left rather than the right.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined Public Service Alliance of Canada members picketing on Parliament Hill on April 19. There is no advantage to the NDP in voting with the Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois to bring down the government, writes Nelson Wiseman.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NELSON WISEMAN

April 24, 2023

Barely a week goes by without a pundit speculating that the Liberal and NDP supply-and-confidence agreement reached last year may soon collapse and hurl Canada into a general election.

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