OTTAWA — The New Democrats are ready to withdraw from their confidence-and-supply agreement they signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday.
The deal reached in March would see the NDP support the minority government on key votes in the House of Commons to avoid triggering an election before 2025. In exchange, the Liberals have promised to make progress on a number of NDP priorities, including health care.
"This is at the level of seriousness that we could make that serious consideration. We need to see action." "I think if health care continues to be such a crisis point for so many Canadians an arrangement with the NDP is the least of our worries," Trudeau said. Meanwhile, the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary is using a heated trailer as an overflow waiting room to accommodate young patients.
Singh argued urgent action by the government on the stress on Canada's children's hospitals should be informed by the debate of parliamentarians. During his interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau would not commit to meeting with all premiers as requested. He said he speaks to them regularly about health care and his ministers are actively working on the issue with their provincial counterparts as well.
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