Jagmeet Singh says NDP open to voting against throne speech

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party could vote against the upcoming throne speech if it doesn't offer commitments to parts of the party's platform, including a universal pharmacare plan.

"We are absolutely open to voting against the throne speech if it doesn't include some of the priorities we know Canadians need," he told reporters this afternoon.

"We're not putting forward any red lines but I am prepared to vote against it if it doesn't respect the values that we have as a party."

Parliament is set to convene on Dec. 5, when MPs will elect a House Speaker and the Liberals will present a throne speech outlining the government's priorities for the session.

If the speech goes to a vote, it would be the new House of Commons' first test of its confidence in the government. A vote is not guaranteed, however.

Ahead of the new session, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been meeting with the opposition leaders and will sit down with Singh Thursday.

Despite slipping to fourth place in the House of Commons, Singh said he plans to wield any leverage his party might have in a minority Parliament to deliver on the NDP's priorities.

"We want to see some real commitments on health care, on pharmacare. We want to see an openness to dental care. We want to see concrete steps to tackling the climate crisis," said the NDP leader.

"I'm keeping an open mind."

Singh already has said that one of the first things his party will do when Parliament reconvenes is bring forward a private members' bill to create a framework for a national pharmacare plan.

He said he'll also push Trudeau to drop a federal government appeal of a human rights tribunal ruling that ordered the government to compensate Indigenous children and families hurt by the child welfare system.

The NDP was reduced to 24 seats in the Oct. 21 election, down from the 39 they held before the campaign started.

One of the biggest winners in last month's election, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, met with the prime minister Wednesday.

Before the closed-door session began, Trudeau said the two leaders would work on "shared priorities" such as tackling climate change, addressing cost-of-living issues, gun control and protecting supply management. Blanchet said health transfers and seniors' health care also will be priorities for his caucus.

The Bloc leader said he wants the throne speech to be a "source of solutions" that will benefit Quebecers, but he expects it to be more about principles than details.

The Bloc surged during the campaign, growing from 10 seats prior to the election to 32 afterward.

 

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这民主搞成了一个只有十分之一席位的小党来改变影响所有人的决策

 

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Singh warns NDP's support for Liberal minority government won't 'come for free'
The NDP isn't Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's only option for getting legislation passed in the next session of Parliament, but party leader Jagmeet Singh is arguing the Liberals need the support of a progressive and "national" caucus.

Looking for common ground ahead of the House returning next month, Trudeau and Singh met in Ottawa this morning behind closed doors.

Although the Liberals have the option of working with Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, whose party surged to third place in the House of Commons, Singh said Trudeau needs the NDP's support because it's the only progressive "national" party.

"Mr. Blanchet has made it really clear that he's not interested in working on national programs that benefit all Canadians. That's not his goal, that's not his party's goal, and frankly that's not his job. He was elected in Quebec, for Quebecers, and that's fine," said Singh, who now heads the fourth-place party in the Commons.

"If Mr. Trudeau wants to pass ... something that's national and progressive that benefits all Canadians, he's got really just two choices. He can work with us or the Conservatives."

 

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Greens to vote against Liberal throne speech unless carbon targets toughened: May
Capping a week of meetings with opposition leaders, Justin Trudeau met Friday with the Green party's Elizabeth May, who says she will vote against the Liberal government in confidence motions unless the prime minister commits to measures that lower Canada's carbon emissions sharply.

May emerged from the morning meeting saying she invoked the names of Trudeau's three children in her push for a more aggressive approach to fighting climate change.

"I was very clear with him. This is about whether Ella Grace and Hadrien and Xavier are going to have a livable world by the time they're adults. This is not impersonal, this is real, it's personal and it's a question of moral courage."

They discussed a number of areas where the Green party and Liberals share common ground, and May said her caucus of three will be willing to vote for individual laws that are in keeping with Green priorities, including implementing a universal pharmacare program and harmonizing Canada's laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

But when it comes to confidence motions like the upcoming throne speech or the federal budget, which the Liberal minority can pass only with support from other parties, May said she cannot vote for the Liberals if they keep their recent course.

 

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两个左派党要更左，一个魁党要魁独。看自由党和谁联合了。

 

[Anakin]

多半选BQ。BQ的诉求比较简单也只局限在QC

 

[gocanoeing]

多半选BQ。BQ的诉求比较简单也只局限在QC

要让自由党下台，得保守党，NDP和BQ三个党都投反对票才行，基本没可能

甚至投反对票但也不会让政府下台都有办法，BQ一个党就做得到，比如让24议员弃权，剩下的8人反对即可

 

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BQ不投反对票的可能性很大。重新大选对他们有啥好处？

 

[Anakin]

BQ不投反对票的可能性很大。重新大选对他们有啥好处？

好不容易等了这么多年才坐上个议员的位子。好歹也是一年十几万的工资＋各种福利。

 

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好不容易等了这么多年才坐上个议员的位子。好歹也是一年十几万的工资＋各种福利。

呵呵，实话。

这选举结果绝了！