Why the Liberal-NDP Free Contraception Plan Is Anti-Canada and Anti-Woman

Commentary As Canada’s fertility rate continues to plummet to extinction levels, making demographers sound the alarm, the Liberals and the NDP in a tone-deaf move have reached a deal to table pharmacare legislation to cover the cost of hormonal and medical interventions that prevent women from having children. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh urged the Liberals in mid-February to cover contraceptives for all Canadians as part of a “pharmacare proposal,” warning that if the Liberals missed his March 1 deadline to table pharmacare legislation that includes free contraception, then the Liberals would “no longer [be able to] count on any of our [NDP] votes” to prop up the Liberal minority government, which would trigger an early election....