‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

The NDP doesn’t want to cut talks short ‘just to meet the deadline,’ but remains firm on the issue of universal coverage, says former NDP staffer Mélanie Richer.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pledged in their supply-and-confidence agreement to pass a pharamacare bill by the end of 2023.

Despite recent exchanges in the media between the Liberals and the New Democrats on the status of their pharmacare negotiations, there remains “goodwill” on both sides, and talks are productive enough to warrant going beyond the end-of-year deadline, says a former NDP st...

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