Singh Calls on Trudeau to Oppose Health Care ‘Privatization’ by Provinces

Singh Calls on Trudeau to Oppose Health Care ‘Privatization’ by Provinces
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh delivers a speech at a three day caucus retreat, in Ottawa on Jan. 18, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to oppose any attempts by provincial governments towards what he characterized as the “privatization” of their health-care systems.

“What we’re disturbed by is that after three days of this retreat, neither the prime minister nor his ministers have come out as opposed to the privatization and for-profit plans of Doug Ford and Danielle Smith, and that is deeply disturbing,” Singh said at a news conference in Nanaimo, B.C., on Jan. 25.