Failed transitions from provincial to federal politics are common

Given all of the above, it is possible to understand Jagmeet Singh's wish to hang on to a provincial insurance policy, but to still feel that his vague answer as to whether he will run in the 2019 federal election leaves him open to allegations of political tourism.

NDP leadership candidates Jagmeet Singh, left, and Guy Caron, pictured May 28, 2017, at the leadership debate in Sudbury. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

June 19, 2017

Pressed this weekend to say whether he would run federally if he failed to become national NDP leader next fall, Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh was studiously noncommittal. "I will continue to fight in the provincial level. I'll continue to fight in other provinces. I'll continue to fight on the federal...

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