NDP MP Alistair MacGregor rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.
NDP MP Alistair MacGregor rises during question period in February 2017. The chair of the federal NDP caucus says he doesn't fear that ending the political pact with the Liberals might jeopardize the parts of the deal that are still before Parliament.
Speaking to reporters on his way to chair the NDP's caucus meeting in Montreal on Tuesday, Alistair MacGregor said he didn't feel it was a gamble to pull out of the agreement, adding there "should be" enough time for pharmacare to pass through the Senate.
"There's going to be an election next year no matter what we do. And of course, withdrawing from the , it just puts us back in the position of a normal minority Parliament, where we have the ability to take each vote on a case-by-case basis.
"He's got the ability to move forward on on pharmacare. If he truly wanted to do that, he could do that. And so we're going to see what Justin Trudeau will do moving forward."
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