The NDP’s remarkable Singh question

The NDP seems to be taking a huge risk by asking its members how they think NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is doing.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured in this file photo on the Hil. Gerry Nicholls says if the methodology used isn’t scientific (and it most definitely isn’t) and if the results won’t be made public, why is the NDP even conducting this survey in the first place?The Hill Times photograph by Andew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

September 17, 2018

OAKVILLE, ONT.—The New Democratic Party of Canada recently sent out a survey to its support base that included a remarkable question regarding its leader. That question was this: “Jagmeet Singh will have been the leader of our party for one year on Oct. 1. How do you think he’s doing?” Now...

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