OTTAWA—With no indication the governing Liberals will agree to the New Democrats’ demand for a universal public pharmacare program, eyes are on NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and whether he will stick with his party’s “red line” or back down to save their parliamentary alliance with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
But despite pressure from grassroots NDP members and assurances from his own health critic that exiting the deal is necessary if the party’s vision isn’t met, Singh refused to state Wednesday whether he was prepared to take that step.
