In return for supporting the Liberals agenda, the NDP are expected to receive movement on a national dental care and pharmacare plan, as well as additional…
The NDP has been the Liberals most reliable partner in both the previous minority Parliament and the current one, but the proposed deal, which was being shared late Monday with caucus members from both parties, would be a formal arrangement.
In their 2021 election platform, the Liberals simply promised to “move forward” with pharmacare but made no specific detail or timeline commitments. Their platform made no mention of a national dental care program.In the last NDP platform, Jagmeet Singh’s party promised both a national “pharmacare for all” plan and a universal dental care program that would cover the costs Canadians currently without private dental insurance.
In a 2017 paper published by the United Kingdom’s Institute for Governance, that agreement is described as a “limited co-operation arrangement between political parties guaranteeing support for a minority government on parliamentary votes that are critical to the survival of the government,” such as confidence votes or budget bills.
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