Politics Insider for Nov. 1, 2021: A watered-down climate agreement; secret Liberal-NDP talks in Ottawa; Whip work
about an idea being kicked around in back rooms of Ottawa that could see the NDP and Liberals agree to a three-year deal to avoid the government falling on confidence votes. Trudeau and Singh heldThe idea is not to establish a coalition—with NDP ministers in cabinet—but, when then-NDP-leader Bob Rae agreed to vote with Liberals under David Peterson while they worked on an agreed-on agenda for two years.
, which would pose political risks for both sides. One complicating issue is the Liberals’ decision, which they announced late Friday, that they intend to appeal a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order to compensate Indigenous children who were mistreated by the child welfare system, but also to. The political fallout from that announcement, which is happening as I write, could have an impact on the possibility of a supply deal between the two parties.
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