OTTAWA —
NDP MP Charlie Angus says no deal has been executed with the Liberals to prop up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority authorities for 2 to a few years.
Angus confirmed that “an preliminary dialog” had taken place between NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh and Trudeau, but it surely was not more than “an preliminary assembly.”
It follows studies {that a} deal is being thrashed out between the 2 celebration leaders behind the scenes.
Singh has beforehand set out a want listing for co-operation with the Liberals together with motion on housing, dropping a court docket battle over compensating Indigenous kids and curbing local weather change.
Conservative Chief Erin O’Toole railed in opposition to the thought of an settlement between the New Democrats and Liberals, calling it “radical.”
O’Toole informed a information convention that the deal would entail “billions of {dollars} of latest spending to purchase Jagmeet Singh’s silence.”
He says Canadians cannot afford such a deal, that it might be a catastrophe for the economic system and trigger devastating monetary impacts for staff and communities from coast to coast.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 8, 2021.
