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Significance The NDP has long pushed for a national pharmacare programme, and a lack of action would provide an excuse for Singh to end the 2022 pact with the Liberals that has helped keep the Trudeau government in office. Impacts If the Liberals lose the next election, a universal pharmacare programme will not be revived by an incoming Conservative government. Even if they move further apart, neither the Liberals nor the NDP will find it easy to change their public image before the next election. Government priorities will remain focused on cost-of-living issues, such as housing and tackling inflation, rather than healthcare.
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