NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirmed for the first time Friday that New Democrats are pushing the federal government to fund contraception coverage.
The NDP leader was in British Columbia, where the province’s NDP government already funds birth control and other forms of contraception through a single-payer model.
The Manitoba NDP, which recently formed government in that province, campaigned on covering contraception. The Ontario Progressive Conservative government has shown a willingness to do the same.
The federal NDP is negotiating the introduction of a national pharmacare program with the federal government. Getting provinces and territories to opt would be key to such a program, since
