Singh says NDP will support budget, won't say what guarantees he received from Liberals

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will support the Liberals’ most recent budget, after weeks of being coy about how his party would vote.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will support the Liberals' most recent budget, after weeks of being coy about how his party would vote.

The Liberals introduced the budget just over two weeks ago but Singh refused to say whether he would support it until Wednesday, when the bill is up for its first vote.

The New Democrats have an agreement in place to back the governing Liberal Party on confidence and budgetary votes in exchange for movement on key policy priorities.

But Singh has said the budget doesn't provide adequate funding for a new disability benefit and Indigenous communities.