Ottawa:
As the crucial federal elections in Canada approach, Focus is back on the leader of the Left New Democratic Party (NDP) of the country, Jagmeet Singh, who wants to become the Kingmaker in the next government of the country. Singh, the first ethnic minority politician who led a large federal party in Canada, was the last of the three opposition parties of the country that turned on the liberal minority government of the former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before accusing him from “caving” to business.
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The proposed agenda has a clear message-canada must strengthen its economic and social foundations in the midst of the uncertainty in the global order that is fueled by the re-emergence of Donald Trump and a shifting diplomatic landscape.
About Jagmeet Singh
A lawyer, human rights activist and the current leader of the NDP of Canada, Jagmeet Singh, was born on January 2, 1979 in Scarborough, Ontario, a city in the larger area of Toronto, to Indian immigrants from the state of Punjab. A practicing Sikh leader was reportedly bullied at school and was confronted with racism, and his bitter experiences fed his need for justice and fairness. He is married to fashion designer Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, with whom he has two children.
In his memoir, Singh revealed that he was sexually abused while grew up in Windsor. As a child he also spent time in St. Johns and went to school across the border in Michigan for a few years. He learned Frans at the age of 13, after he had recognized the fight of the Quebecois to retain their language and identity. Singh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Western University and later did a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School to support organizations that fight poverty and promote equal justice.
Before entering politics, he worked as a criminal lawyer in the Greater Toronto region, so that she helped marginalized communities and fight for their rights. In 2011 he was elected to the MPP of Ontario (member of the provincial parliament).
Singh won his first seat in the Canada parliament in 2019, in an interim election in Burnaby, British Columbia, east of Vancouver. His party agreed to support the minority liberal government of Trudeau in 2022 in exchange for supporting their shared political priorities, in particular the development of a national dental care program for Canadians with low incomes and a nationally prescribed drug program.
He continued to support the government until last September and was the last of the three most important opposition parties of Canada that Trudeau uses.
Singh also achieved the headlines for confronting Hecklers. In a viral clip he was seen that he approached a man who criticized him with insults at the Hill parliament and asked him to “say it to my face”.
About NDP
The 46-year-old Singh took the helm of the NDP in 2017 even though he had no previous experience with federal politics. During his leadership, the NDP supported progressive policy, such as universal pharmacare, affordable homes and climate action. Singh has also been a strong proponent of combating systemic racism and reducing economic inequality.
The NDP and his leader are confronted with heavy competition in the 2025 elections in Canada, which is planned on April 28. Singh launched his party's campaign and attacked both Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump and promised that only the new Democrats could be trusted to look forward to ordinary Canadians.
His party released a platform that promises to add $ 48 billion to the deficit for four years by introducing new income flows, such as a major wealth tax and business test taxes aimed at rich and profitable companies. The proposed agenda has a clear message-canada must strengthen its economic and social foundations in the midst of the uncertainty in the global order that is fueled by the re-emergence of Donald Trump and a shifting diplomatic landscape.
NDP has also held commitments to forgive student loans debts, drastically reduce CO2 emissions from Canada and to guarantee a universal coverage for prescription medicines.
Jamet Singh's KHALALISTANI -Connection
India denied a visa of Jagmeet Singh in 2013, two years after his accession to Canadian politics. Singh wanted the Visa to visit Amritsar, the city with the Golden Temple, one of the holiest places for Sikhs. At the time, the Globe and Mail reported that Singh was denied a visa about his comments about the Sikh riots of 1984.
He was reportedly accused by the then Indian government of a “treacherous agenda of disturbing the social fabric of India and the undermining of the peace, harmony and territorial integrity of India”.
The NDP leader spent most of his early political life with lobbying from the Government of Ontario to recognize the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 in India as an act of genocide. In 2015 he attended a meeting in San Francisco where pro-Halistan-Slogans were raised. The rally stage contained a large poster of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, which was considered a terrorist by the Indian government, according to a report from CBC.
During his speech at the event, Singh India accused Genocide for attacks on Sikhs after the Golden Temple incident.
In 2016, Singh attended a pro-sovereignty seminary with the co-founder of the British National Sikh Youth Federation, ShamSher Singh, who endors the use of political violence as a “legitimate form of resistance” to reach a “separate country for Sikhs”.
In 2017, the NDP leader gathered behind a motion to recognize the Sikh riots of 1984 in India as a “genocide”. He even criticized the Indian government for human rights violations after Article 370, which gave Jammu and Kashmir special status, was canceled in 2019.
