NPD Breaks ties with Liberals, Set to Pursue Early Election Opportunities
The NDP has announced it’s pulling out of its agreement keeping the minority Liberals in power, opening the possibility the government could fall before the next scheduled election in 2025.
“The deal is done,” NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in a social media post on Sept. 4, adding he notified Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the same day.
Singh said the Liberals are “too beholden to corporate interests” and that only the NDP can stop the Conservatives.
The NDP entered a supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals in March 2022, providing support on confidence votes in the House of Commons in exchange of prioritizing items on NDP’s agenda.
Most of the items of the agreement have been fulfilled to date, including implementing dental care, tabling a pharmacare bill, and passing legislation banning replacement workers during strikes and lockouts.
More details to come…
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