government to launch a mini-pharmacare program that would cover birth control and diabetes medication.
In doing so, he managed to offend his only allies in Quebec provincial politics, the social democrats in Québec Solidaire. Ruba Ghazal, a Québec Solidaire MNA who said in 2021 she was going to vote for the NDP, called Mr. Singh paternalistic and insulting.
Yet somehow, Mr. Singh managed to send a different message to Quebec – that Quebec should do what Ottawa thinks is best. Mr. Singh could have tried to finesse the politics. His only Quebec MP, Alexandre Boulerice, had asked provincial politicians to meet to talk about the potential benefits of a national program. Mr. Singh chose a more inept version.
Perhaps in the grand scheme of Canadian politics it doesn’t matter that much. The NDP doesn’t have a lot of game in Quebec any more.
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