Singh needs to stop making unconvincing warnings that he is willing to pick a fight if Liberals don’t deliver and instead focus on communicating to Canadians what it is he’s fighting for
Leader trooped out on Monday to tell reporters the Liberals had better not miss the March 1 deadline for a deal on pharmacare legislation – or else. The Liberal-NDP deal would be no more. Or it would be broken. As Mr. Singh put it: “If they break the agreement, the agreement is broken.” Who can argue with that?to table the pharmacare framework legislation promised in the 2022 supply-and-confidence agreement between the two parties – plus “additional measures.
If the NDP is really willing to die on this hill, it should be explaining to Canadians, loudly and in advance, what the hill is. And trying to convince people it is important. That is also what you do in politics if you want to take credit for the eventual outcome. The other part – presumably the additional measures – is talks over a small list of widely used medications for conditions such as diabetes that would be covered in the near future, before a full pharmacare program is adopted.
The NDP would be getting the worst of all worlds if the deal with the Liberals died now, when it is particularly weak politically, after two years of criticism for propping up the government.
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