By Oli Herrera
NDP LIBERAL AGREEMENT

NDP & Liberals reach confidence agreement until 2025 with conditions

Mar 22, 2022 | 5:39 PM

PRINCE GEORGE—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a deal has been struck between the Liberals and the NDP.

The agreement is based on a few conditions, most notable include a dental plan for low income Canadians, bringing affordable housing measures, and securing a national pharmacare plan.

The dental plan begins this year for all children under the age of 12. Next year, it’ll extend for everyone under the age of 18, seniors, and those living with a disability. By 2025, the plan will be extending to families that make less than $90,000. Families that earn between $70,000 to $90,000 will have copay included. Those making less than $70,000 are fully covered.

Progress towards a universal national pharmacare program must also be made. An act has to be passed by 2023. A National Drug Agency must also develop a list of essential medicines and a bulk purchasing plan by the end of 2025.

The conservative party is responding that millions of canadians will be paying the price for this agreement.

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“Canadians woke up this morning to the fact that they’ve been hoodwinked and deceived by their Prime Minister. Let me clear this is nothing more than a Justin Trudeau power grab.” said Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen.

The Conservative party said it was planning to bring forward a motion to bring temporary relief at the gas pumps. MP Todd Doherty says getting affordable healthcare to low income canadians is an important step, but there are pressing matters that need to be addressed.

“Every time that apple is touched, that toaster is touched, that whatever you purchase or Canadians purchase, there’s always that fuel surcharge is on there. So everything has gone up over the cost of this, so we have to find a way to make sure that Canadian lives, that we’re more self-sufficient and not dependent on foreign fuels.” said Doherty.

The NDP is fighting back against the Conservative comments however. MP Taylor Bachrach says his party has tried to find common ground with the Conservatives on initiatives but to no avail. He calls this agreement a step forward for thousands of people in his riding.

“I’m so moved that we got an agreement for public dental care, this is one of the biggest achievements when it comes to healthcare in a generation.” said Bachrach.

Political analyst Chris Beach says this agreement doesn’t really change things and that all parties could potentially have something to gain from this depending on the success or failure of this move.

“These are real bread and butter issues that are affecting a lot of Canadians and could prove to help a lot of people out, that could prove to be very popular, despite the price tag. So there is a potential for Justin Trudeau to make out really well on some of these programs.” said Beach.

The two parties say they will be reviewing the progress of this agreement every quarter.

by Oli Herrera

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