The “confidence and supply” agreement the federal parties announced Tuesday morning commits the Liberals to specific moves on issues including home prices, public pharmacare and dental care, child-care funding and retraining workers away from high-emissions jobs, plus acting “in the near term” on Liberal promises to hike taxes on financial institutions whose profits have soared during the pandemic. On other legislation, the Liberals would still need to seek the NDP’s separate support or backing from the Conservatives or Bloc Québécois. (The Logic)

Talking point: The multibillion-dollar expansion of social programs (some of which will need provincial cooperation) would make for a bigger, more expensive government, but also one that takes on more financial burdens from workers and employee benefit plans—much as governments do through universal health care. Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen accused the Liberals and NDP of cooking up a backroom deal to give Justin Trudeau the majority government that voters denied him last fall. She also said it props up Vladimir Putin by attacking Canadian energy, and targets agriculture, mining and fishing, too.