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New federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hopes his party’s policies — and not just the party name — will inspire people in Saskatchewan and across the country.

Singh, who made appearances in Saskatoon on Thursday following his election earlier this month as new leader of the federal New Democratic Party, said in an interview that he’s hoping his party’s platforms “are policies that inspire people in general.

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“When we look at, for example, pharmacare, I want people to be inspired by pharmacare not because it happens to be a New Democratic idea or because it’s not a Conservative idea; I want people to look at that idea of expanding our universal healthcare and saying, ‘Listen, we believe in taking care of our neighbours, and right now our neighbours … are cutting their medication in half, cutting their pills in half to spread out their prescriptions,'” he said.

“I’m hoping that people, regardless of their political stripes, say, ‘You know what, that makes sense.'”