THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has ripped up the supply and confidence deal his party had with the minority Liberal government.
The 2022 agreement has helped prop up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
Singh announced today the NDP are pulling out of the deal because of the government’s failure to tackle corporate greed and its inability to stop the Opposition Conservatives, who are surging in the polls.
Singh says his party can take on the Conservatives in the next election, and is pledging his party will deliver relief, fix health care, build homes and stop price gouging.
What happens now?
The end of the deal does not necessarily mean an election will take place before next year.
It does mean the NDP will now vote on Liberal legislation on a case-by-case basis.
The first big test could come this fall if the government tables an economic update in Parliament. If the Liberals survive, another decisive moment will be the vote on the next federal budget implementation bill, likely next spring.
(The Canadian Press)