NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is ruling out the possibility of forming a coalition government with the Liberals if no party wins a clear majority after the next federal election.
91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 off the table,91裸聊视频 Singh said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, even though the two parties have been working closely together.
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The two parties signed a deal in March 2022 in which the NDP agreed to support the minority Liberals on key votes in Parliament in exchange for action on NDP policy priorities.
The collaboration has so far led to the introduction of a national dental-care program, one-time rental supplements for low-income tenants, a temporary doubling of the GST rebate, legislation banning replacement workers and investments toward a for-Indigenous-by-Indigenous housing strategy.
The parties agreed to keep their agreement in place until 2025, with a federal election slated to take place by October of that year.
Singh said the agreement gave him the chance to see the Liberals up close, and to see how much power the federal government has to make life better for Canadians.
91裸聊视频淎nd I can say with a lot of clarity that they could be doing a lot more to help people,91裸聊视频 Singh said.
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Polls currently place the Opposition Conservatives within majority territory, and with a minority Parliament in place, the next election could theoretically happen any time.
However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has indicated he sees no reason for that.
He told The Canadian Press earlier this month that the next campaign will follow the fixed-election date schedule and take place in the fall of 2025.
Trudeau said he hasn91裸聊视频檛 spoken to the New Democrats about possibly forming a coalition government post-election, because they91裸聊视频檙e focused on the now.
91裸聊视频淲hat may be, might come into a calculation post-election, well listen, let91裸聊视频檚 let Canadians decide what kind of Parliament they want to elect in two years and then we91裸聊视频檒l see,91裸聊视频 Trudeau said when asked about whether a bigger partnership is in the cards.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e demonstrated that we can get good things done and maintain a very fiscally responsible frame,91裸聊视频 he added.
He added that91裸聊视频檚 something 91裸聊视频減eople will take note of, I91裸聊视频檓 sure, for decades to come as being something that has been demonstrated to be very effective in Canadian politics.91裸聊视频
Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press