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The NDP have been derided as “Liberals in a hurry” but who can blame them? If they don’t rush to market with their most ingenious ideas, the Liberals purloin them.

New Democrat leader, Jagmeet Singh, unveiled his party’s budget proposals at a press conference Tuesday, with a call to close tax loopholes for the “super-rich” and dedicate the savings to implement a universal pharmacare program.

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The NDP had the proposal in their last election platform but it’s fair to say it was submerged by the universal day-care plan.

This time it looks as if Singh will go full throttle on cheaper drugs.

The risk, of course, is that the Liberals will call his bluff and actually implement the NDP recommendation.

“I’m concerned about making people’s lives better. And if we push and achieve that result, that would be an amazing thing for people,” he said – though obviously it would not be an amazing thing for Singh or his party.