NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh moderates a showcase question and answer session with his caucus at the NDP Convention in Hamilton, Ont. on Friday, October 13, 2023.
Delegates at this weekend's NDP policy convention could end up giving party leader Jagmeet Singh a bargaining chip as the party pushes the governing Liberals to introduce a universal single-payer pharmacare program.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh moderates a showcase question and answer session with his caucus at the NDP Convention in Hamilton on Friday.
"We want to give the caucus a vote of confidence from the membership to say these are things that we stand on. If you need to go to the mat on this, we are behind you 100 per cent," said Mike Bleskie, a New Democrat delegate who backs the resolution.New Democrats prepare to debate emergency resolutions on Israel-Hamas war
"Their first piece of legislation simply did not commit to single-payer, and that's unacceptable," Davies told CBC at the convention. "We've expressed that to them and said it is a non-starter. I've said it is a red line."While New Democrats have drawn a line in the sand, Davies said the NDP is willing to compromise on the timing of the pharmacare rollout.
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