Clock Ticks on Liberal-NDP Deal as Budget Omits Pharmacare Bill Promised in 2023

Clock Ticks on Liberal-NDP Deal as Budget Omits Pharmacare Bill Promised in 2023
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks before caucus, in Ottawa, Mar. 29, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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One of the Liberals’ outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget.

The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to table legislation on pharmacare by the end of the calendar year in exchange for the NDP’s support on key votes in the House of Commons.