With the election looming and the party’s poll numbers and fundraising in the tank, the NDP leader’s first challenge is to prove that he can lead.
Jagmeet Singh won his seat in the House of Commons the old-fashioned way with shoe leather and a populist message that might have made Tommy Douglas proud.The federal NDP leader knocked on thousands of doors with a message that spoke to the economic anxieties and fears of many in the Burnaby South riding worried about housing affordability and the dearth of well-paid jobs.
attachEvent; } } ); But Singh has alienated New Democrats and others in Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as union leaders and their members whose jobs are tightly tied to a carbon and have the most to lose — or at least, the most to fear — since no one can guarantee of a smooth transition to a “green economy.”Singh has downplayed criticism of his leadership, calling it “disrespectful to the opportunity that I have to make a difference in people’s lives to worry about my own situation.
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