NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sharpened his attacks against Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday, accusing the Conservative leader of being out of touch with Canadians.
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to members of caucus during a retreat, Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in Ottawa.
Singh laid into Poilievre for opposing the federal government's new dental care program, noting that as a long-serving Ottawa MP, the opposition leader "has had government-funded dental care for almost all his adult life." The Conservative leader has staked out positions in two policy areas the NDP considers home turf: the cost of living and the cost of housing. The NDP and Conservatives also compete for many rural swing ridings in British Columbia and Ontario.
Singh and his caucus were planning on visiting a picket line outside Hydro Ottawa on Wednesday. About 400 workers with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 636 in the nation's capitalThe housing crisis is high on the NDP's agenda for the caucus retreat.
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