‘All bets are off’: Liberal-NDP rupture leaves ‘the clock ticking’ on Parliament’s lifecycle

Jagmeet Singh’s declaration that he has ‘ripped up’ the Liberal-NDP deal is like ‘lighting a match and setting the bridge on fire,’ says former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen. ‘There's no going back.’

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a November 2019 meeting, struck the supply-and-confidence deal in March 2022. On Sept. 4, Singh announced he had 'ripped up' the deal less than two weeks before Parliament's return and a pair of byelections.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

September 4, 2024

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s abrupt departure from his party’s deal with the governing Liberals will shorten the lifecycle of this Parliament, and put all political parties on a collision course when the House of Commons resumes in less than two weeks, say observers.

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