Singh’s group loyalty challenges, and why we should be worried about that

Jagmeet Singh, has to worry about his own supporters putting loyalty to some other tribe ahead of loyalty to their own party.

The NDP, now led by the likeable Jagmeet Singh, is at its core an ideological party, which means it includes within its ranks a vibrant tribe of 'true believer ideologues,' people who put principle ahead of even winning elections.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

November 13, 2017

OAKVILLE, ONT.—At one time or another, every major federal political party in Canada will collide head on with some form of “tribalism." And sometimes that collision will inflict upon a political party significant damage. It was a form of tribalism, for instance, that tore apart the old federa...

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