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NDP to campaign on pharmacare if it backs out of Liberal deal: national director (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That NDP party leadership isn't already planning a campaign with cost of living issues as the focus unfortunately sums up today's NDP: looking for headlines instead of votes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hm? They are threatening nonconfidence if Liberals don't agree to terms on pharmacare. They are not campaigning.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, the NDP is actually governing. It like, sometimes, people completely lose sight that that's the point and just want their guys to win.

[+] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He can and should press the libs on pharmacare but even a compromise would be better than no pharmacare for at least another 4 years.

I disagree. There's no point in the "coalition" if they can't get their one goal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have several goals and anything is better than giving power to Conservatives who are actively sabotaging Canadians.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe that would wake people up enough to do something.

I'm sick of making shitty incremental process all the time when people need actual change put in place, all because "it's better than nothing".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also if they pull a non-confidence vote and pass it, we’ll nearly certainly get a CPC government

This is why I never really liked Jack Layton. I was not a Paul Martin fan, but I'd have preferred a Martin minority to the Harper years.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I doubt they're looking to break from the deal. This is more them taking a more assertive stance now that they know the Liberals have a ton to lose, since that gives them more leverage. I fully expect the Liberals will propose a new version that meets the NDPs criteria.

If they don't, that's basically Trudeau's fuckup, because they have the votes, everyone savvy knows this has very few policy downsides, and the NDP is open to whatever gradual rollout they need to make it practical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably won't win, but Liberals probably won't either. Hopefully Liberals agree to the terms.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We can all hope for continued minority governments. Canada loses whenever a single party wins a majority.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Couldn't agree more.

One of the reasons I'd like to see election reform is so that we never have a majority again. Would be nice to see some cooperation instead of unilateral decision making because someone got 51% support.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If only it were 51%

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Man if only we had a proportional system...

Yeah, as much as I support the current government, I'm still butthurt about that whole u-turn. Like, highly proportional places have issues too, but we'd have a blank slate to try and address those issues, and it's unlikely we're going to become the Netherlands until a decade or two has passed to get there.