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Pharmacare legislation by March or NDP/Liberal pact ends: Singh

NDP leader warns he won’t extend deadline further without promise under deal holding up government
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New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period, Monday, February 5, 2024 in Ottawa. Singh says if the government doesn’t make good on pharmacare legislation by March, that would kill the Liberal-NDP political pact. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the government doesn’t make good on pharmacare legislation by March, that would kill the Liberal-NDP political pact.

But he’s making it clear that any collapse in the deal, which is meant to hold off a federal election until next year, would be the Liberals’ fault.

Singh has been talking tough this week about the looming deadline to table a bill, and met with the prime minister Monday to lay out his expectations.

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