‘This is our transition time’: NDP caucus backs Singh despite byelection disappointment

Ex-NDP strategist Kevin Dorse says the party traditionally isn't competitive in byelections, saying the last time it won a non-incumbent seat was Tom Mulcair's Outremont riding in 2007.

Jagmeet Singh has been attending press conferences with many caucus members behind him lately, rather than just the usual House leader or parliamentary leader, which strategists say is meant to suggest unity.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

June 27, 2018

Amid heated press coverage last week calling NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s leadership into question, caucus members are standing by him, saying they aren’t concerned about their own seats but are disappointed by the party's result in the recent Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, Q...

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