Canada's finance minister says pharmacare deal no fiscal threat, Globe and Mail reports

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland takes part in a press conference before delivering the fall economic update in Ottawa, Canada, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

(Reuters) - A "pharmacare" deal between Canada's ruling Liberals and the New Democrats (NDP) will not threaten the country's fiscal standing, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told a news conference on Sunday, The Globe and Mail reported.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh told a Canadian public broadcaster on Friday that the two parties had now reached a deal on "pharmacare" which a Reuters' government source confirmed.