Pollsters skeptical NDP would force an election over pharmacare

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As the NDP sabre-rattles on pharmacare, Liberals are likely weighing the cost of pharmacare against their other policy priorities, while also considering the need to buy time before facing a dissatisfied electorate, say observers.

Arnold compared it to the circumstance that the Liberal Party faced during the Conservative minority governments of former prime minister Stephen Harper, when it found itself having to decide whether to keep the government in power on a vote-to-vote basis, and often took flak for ensuring the government's survival.

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