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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Dec 24, 2020 11:59am NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is holding a news conference before a critical vote on an NDP backbench bill to promote pharmacare. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
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In the latest minority parliament election-speculation news, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of looking for an excuse to cause an election, HuffPost reports. That comes after Trudeau suggested the opposition parties don’t agree with his post-pandemic recovery plans: “As we get through this pandemic, and have conversations on how to build back better, how to move forwar