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All potential LPC leaders are well aware of what happened to Campbell and Charest.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says working with Liberals on pharmacare like wrestling with ‘slimy’ eels
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Working with the Liberals on pharmacare legislation has been like wrestling eels covered in oil, as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh describes it.
Singh told a town hall meeting in Edmonton, where the New Democrats are holding a caucus retreat, that dealing with the federal government is “not fun.”
“They’re just slimy and break their promises,” Singh said this week, getting laughs from the crowd.
“They say one thing and then try to get out of it, but we’re not giving up and we’re not backing down.”
When the House of Commons returns on Monday, NDP members of Parliament say they will continue to press to get the bill drafted, with Singh calling the effort “the next big fight.”
The NDP has been pushing for a system to cover Canadians’ prescription medicines as part of its deal with the minority Liberals.
A first draft of the bill was rejected by the New Democrats back in September. Since then, more proposals have been exchanged between the two parties, but the NDP is withholding details and saying they will not negotiate in public.
Singh told the crowd that he took the eel description from his party’s health critic Don Davies, who has been negotiating with the government on a framework bill.
He said the entire caucus agrees with the characterization.
Davies said he will leave those descriptions to Singh, but he is optimistic a bill will be tabled by the March 1 deadline.
The NDP is currently waiting for a response to its most recent proposal, said Davies, adding he expects to resume talks with Health Minister Mark Holland next week.
The party said the government’s first draft of the prospective legislation had left the door open for a mixed public-private system in which the pharmaceutical industry would continue to make “huge profits.”
“We’re battling for the proper way to deliver prescription medicine to Canadians, and that’s through our public system,” Davies said.
“The NDP have been very clear on this. We set down a very clear line in the sand.”
In October, delegates at an NDP policy convention agreed to make pharmacare a red line in their confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals. They voted to withdraw their support on key House of Commons votes if the minority Liberal government doesn’t adhere to their demands.
Should the NDP pull out of the deal, that won’t necessarily trigger an election. The party would instead handle each parliamentary vote on a case-by-case basis.
Want to bet he retracts his statement tomorrow?Interesting comments from the leader of the NDP about working with the Liberals on the pharmacare program. Makes you wonder how much longer the alliance can last?
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... there must be some wicked pee pee tapes in that mans life history...Well, that was a quick, sharp phone call from the PMO, I’ll bet….
They are absolutely exploding with rage, triggered beyond belief. I don't understand it, if Tucker Carlson is such an imbecilic right wing simpleton, why don't they just engage objectively on a point by pointing basis.Trudeau and his ministers are whining about Daniel Smith inviting Tucker Carlson
Liberals are losing their shit over Tuckers comments. Likely pissed off that he fed Canadians the unadulterated truth with a fire hose.
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Trudeau Liberals MELT DOWN over Tucker Carlson’s visit to Canada
“This increases political violence against everyone who runs for office in this country,” Guilbeault said.thepostmillennial.com
Tucker took trudeau and freeland to the train station.
They are absolutely exploding with rage, triggered beyond belief. I don't understand it, if Tucker Carlson is such an imbecilic right wing simpleton, why don't they just engage objectively on a point by pointing basis.
His comments on fentanyl and the nexus to MAID really hit home for this part of BC where 2 people die every day from fentanyl, reportedly 10-15 become homeless everyday, and hundreds start the journey--every single day and that's just in the Okanagan Valley.
Trudeau and his ministers are whining about Daniel Smith inviting Tucker Carlson to Edmonton.
Liberals are losing their shit over Tuckers comments. Likely pissed off that he fed Canadians the unadulterated truth with a fire hose.
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Trudeau Liberals MELT DOWN over Tucker Carlson’s visit to Canada
“This increases political violence against everyone who runs for office in this country,” Guilbeault said.thepostmillennial.com
Tucker took trudeau and freeland to the train station.
It is really heart breaking even for an old prick like me to see what is happening to the people of this province.7 per day dying in BC, so far...
B.C. sets grim record with 2,511 toxic drug deaths in 2023
You’re talking about the same person where his legal defense in 2020 for his statements was “not stating literal facts”, right?Liberals are losing their shit over Tuckers comments. Likely pissed off that he fed Canadians the unadulterated truth with a fire hose.
And God bless him for it. Thank You Tucker.Tucker took trudeau and freeland to the train station.
Who reads the Walrus? No oneOn the other side:
Yes, the Walrus leans left. But it dives into Tucker’s claims.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Tucker Carlson | The Walrus
It should be obvious that this guy’s pants are on fire. But his audience doesn’t carethewalrus.ca
Who reads the Walrus? No one
I’m heading back to Alberta this spring. I’m tucking in for the foreseeable future.I attended the Edmonton event last night - the place was packed! Must've been between 8000 to 12,000 ppl who attended (I included all the people who were outside watching on screens or in nearby pubs in the 12k count)
And I know as a public figure there will be plenty who like her, and plenty that don't -- but I honestly have to say I couldn't be happier with Danielle Smith as my premier so far!
It's a fight against the likes of Trudeau and Freeland, and I'm grateful she's up to the task