Reactions to the speech from the throne

“The prime minister had an opportunity to present a real plan to Canadians, and he didn’t do that.”

— Candice Bergen, deputy Conservative leader

“I’m not surprised that the Liberal government and Prime Minister Trudeau put out a lot of nice words in this speech. They’re very good at doing that. They’ve done it in the past. But what they haven’t been able to show is that they can back up those words with action.”

— NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

“Ottawa has not listened to the urgent and legitimate demands of Quebec and the provinces, all of which need Ottawa to respect the jurisdictions of the government of Quebecers and those of the provinces, primarily in health.”

— Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-françois Blanchet

“Disappointing throne speech for Quebec. Does not respect provinces’ jurisdiction over health. I am going to discuss it tomorrow with the premiers of the other provinces.”

— Quebec Premier François Legault

“Today the federal government missed a critical opportunity to commit to a desperately needed increase to the Canada Health Transfer. I will continue to work alongside my provincial counterparts to advocate that the federal government invest its fair share in health care.”

— Ontario Premier Doug Ford

“I look forward to new federal resources for child care, which is a shared priority and would be a key priority for a re-elected B.C. NDP government.”

— B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan

“We heard a lot of the right words today, but we’ve heard too many of these promises before to simply accept them on faith. It is time for our federal government to finally act — boldly and decisively — on the green energy and nature-based solutions that can put people to work solving our health, climate and inequality crises.”

— Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist, Greenpeace Canada