This is an old quote, but the situation hasn’t changed in the better part of a year.
Jagmeet Singh has broken up with Justin Trudeau this week…but at least he’s got something to show for it. The NDP/Liberals got the Liberal/NDP government to implement pharmacare –
Finally.
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Well, not to implement pharmacare, but to agree to a pharmacare framework. And not in time for the
original very urgent deadline, but in time for a
second, totally-as-urgent deadline. And not real, universal pharmacare, but
coverage for birth control and diabetes medication. But that’s OK! Mr. Trudeau has promised that this is only the first step, and the word of the guy who swore up and down to end first-past-the-post elections is one to be trusted wholeheartedly.
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A Thursday 1/2 a year ago now…
But Jagmeet got to be relevant & the non-coalition wasn’t a complete loss (for the Liberals, anyway).
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The NDP/Liberals got to support the Liberal/NDPs regardless of what they did or didn’t do. They
supported their stonewalling in committees, turned a blind eye to various
ethics violations, and helped keep what has become a deeply unpopular government
afloat. But hey: at least they have
terrible recent by-election results and
stagnant overall support to show for it, & they got the government to implement dental care.
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Well, not comprehensive national dental care, like they wanted. And the rollout hasn’t exactly adhered to the
original deadlines. But a federally run, comprehensive national program is (probably?) coming. And when it’s here, the NDP will be off somewhere in the distance, screaming hoarsely about how it was actually their idea to begin with…but the NDP/Liberals got the Liberal/NDP to pick a lane and to recognize a Palestinian state!
Well, not actually to recognize a Palestinian state, since they did allow the Prime Minister’s Office to take a red pen
to an Opposition Day motion. They asked politely, after all. But what’s the difference between a call to “officially recognize the State of Palestine” and a call to “work with international partners […] towards the establishment of the State of Palestine,” really? Indeed, the NDP will change the world one heavily edited, face-saving, ambiguously worded statement at a time.
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Which is over, in non-name name that’s definitely not a name-type named something or another…& Jagmeet and his NDP’ers can vote however their heart’s desire now, as long as it doesn’t conflict with anyone’s pension eligibility that comes to fruition in February 2025, etc…on a case by case basis, etc…right up to October 20th (or 27th, is the winds blow that way), of 2025.
The party has come a long way since signing its now-ended supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberal government in 2022. That way is mostly down, but, uh, still
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