Singh will have to showcase ‘political guts,’ clear progressive message to connect with voters

The weekend's three-day convention wrapped with general consensus on policy among the 1,753 attendees, even as some raised concerns about whether the grassroots has enough impact on the policies the party adopts.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks during his first major address to membership on Feb. 17 at the party's three-day policy convention in Ottawa. That day, 90.7 per cent of delegates voted against holding a review of his nascent leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 21, 2018

New leader Jagmeet Singh will have to live up to his promise to boldly dig deeper into social democratic values or he'll risk alienating NDP grassroots as the party

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