Quebec Premier François Legault is warning that the new alliance between the federal Liberals and the NDP is going to trigger a confrontation with the provinces, particularly around health care. Legault’s comments to reporters on Wednesday were in reaction to the agreement announced this week that would see the NDP support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority Liberal government through to 2025. In exchange for the NDP’s support, the Liberals have agreed to work with the party on several priorities, including a dental-care program for low-income Canadians and national pharmacare. But Legault says both of those potential programs fall under exclusive provincial jurisdiction, and he adds that the Liberals and NDP are “very centralizing” political parties. He says the Liberal-NDP alliance “will hit a wall” if it tries to tell Quebec how to spend federal health transfers, adding that Ontario Premier Doug Ford agrees with him that Ottawa should not try …
Legault Warns New Liberal-NDP Alliance Will Trigger Confrontation With Provinces
March 23, 2022
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