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The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also if they pull a non-confidence vote and pass it, we’ll nearly certainly get a CPC government

This is why I never really liked Jack Layton. I was not a Paul Martin fan, but I'd have preferred a Martin minority to the Harper years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did he torpedo Martin? I didn't have a stake in Canadian politics at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup.

I really don't know what Layton was thinking. No matter how bad Martin was--and the policies he put through, especially as Finance minister, are a part of why we're in the trouble we're in now--if he (Layton) really believed in what was best for Canada, letting Harper anywhere near the levers of power was asking for trouble.

Singh is in a similar position: support a non-confidence vote and we end up with Poillievre, which, as bad as Trudeau might be, would be so much worse.

Maybe Layton was thinking Harper would be constrained to a minority in perpetuity because the Conservatives pretty odious? I think he underestimated the control Harper had over his caucus and his (Harper's) ability to sell the CPC brand.