27 May 2019

Globe editorial: How Jagmeet Singh’s leadership has diminished the NDP

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-globe-editorial-how-jagmeet-singhs-leadership-has-diminished-the-ndp/

Mr. Singh took the helm of his party the autumn before last in a blaze of viral YouTube videos and bespoke suits, inspiring dreams of an NDP Justin Trudeau.

His political assets were easy to rattle off: he was the first non-white person to head a federal party; he represented a riding in the Ontario provincial legislature that’s part of the suburban 905 area code, where federal elections are often decided; he spoke passionately, in both official languages, about first principles like fairness and equality; he was photogenic.

What NDP partisans overlooked – and what his time as leader has exposed – is the daunting list of qualifications for high office that Mr. Singh has not yet mastered.



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