Jagmeet Singh’s win heralds the start of a new era of Canadian politics

Singh’s victory brings diversity and signals the end of the baby boomers’ reign in Canadian politics.

Jagmeet Singh, pictured at an NDP leadership showcase in Hamilton, Ont., on Sept. 17, won his party's leadership with nearly 54 per cent of the vote on the first ballot on Oct. 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

October 4, 2017

With the selection of Jagmeet Singh as NDP leader, the 2019 federal leadership lineup is now complete. It will be strikingly different from that on offer only two years ago on not one but two significant scores. It will also be more representative of 21st-century Canada. For the first time, there w...

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