Liberal NDP Deal

• Pharmacare bill unlikely to pass by end of year despite NDP agreement: Gould

  Government House leader Karina Gould said the Liberals and NDP are still hammering out the details of a bill and it's a "productive" conversation.

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  Nov 28, 2023
  
• Will there be a 2023 election? Trudeau says no one wants ‘plunge’ into campaign

  As long as the agreement stays focused on delivering results, Trudeau said the Liberals and the NDP are 'going to continue to be able to govern together.'

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  Jan 24, 2023
  
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• Singh says no pharmacare bill this year could break NDP’s deal with Liberals

  The NDP's confidence-and-supply agreement signed with the Liberals last March includes promises by Trudeau's government to pass pharmacare legislation by the end of this year.

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  Jan 19, 2023
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• NDP vows to press Liberals on fulfilling governance deal as caucus retreat gathers

  New Democrat members of Parliament are expected to focus discussions on getting more wins out of their confidence-and-supply agreement with the federal Liberals.

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  Jan 17, 2023
• As federal dental bill passes, seniors in N.S. and N.B. are left waiting

  A new program by the federal government has the first wave set to be rolled out by December. A seniors group is New Brunswick is making the call for more supports immediately.

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  Nov 18, 2022
• Liberal-NDP deal changed dynamics of federal politics in Ottawa

  The Conservatives labelled the agreement as a coalition government of the NDP and Liberals, effectively giving the Liberals the majority they failed to win in the 2021 election.

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  Jun 23, 2022
• Liberals running out of time to deliver youth dental care pledge as costs soar

  A pledge to deliver a dental program for uninsured kids by the end of this year is a key part of the government's deal with the NDP to stave off an election until 2025.

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  Jun 16, 2022
• Russian assets must be seized; accounts of sexual violence ‘chilling’: Freeland

  One expert said the budget marks a shift from an era of large-scale, emergency government spending to a transition period where inflation is — hopefully — a short-term phenomenon.

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  Apr 10, 2022
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• Most Canadians support Liberal-NDP deal but feel it betrayed voters: poll

  By striking the agreement, the NDP traded their support in Parliament over the next three years for progress on issues they care about — like dental care and pharmacare.

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  Apr 5, 2022
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• Hajdu hopeful all long-term boil water advisories lifted in Canada by 2025

  Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025.

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  Apr 2, 2022