HAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
The confidence-and-supply deal that sees the NDP supporting the minority Liberals on key votes in the House of Commons says the government will introduce a bill to create a framework for national pharmacare this year.
Singh shared a message of hope in his keynote speech to about 1,200 delegates at the party's policy convention on Saturday, with the NDP testing new language around"rebuilding Canada" as it tries to position itself as a party that can bring change. The NDP's health critic, Don Davies, said pulling out of the deal does not mean the party will push to trigger an election, but instead would consider whether to support Liberal legislation one vote at a time.
New Democrats, who have long campaigned to make universal access to prescription drugs part of the public health-care system, believe that pharmacare is an issue that separates them from the Liberals. "They rejected the message of division that our opponents were peddling and they chose to embrace our message for the future of this province, which is to bring people together," Kinew said in a pre-recorded message that was played at the convention.
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NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrathHAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
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NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrathHAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
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NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrathHAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
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NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrathHAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
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NDP ready to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: Anne McGrathHAMILTON — The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
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