NDP taking ‘nothing for granted’ in Burnaby South as top Hill staffers, B.C. MPs working to get Singh elected

The federal NDP may be having fundraising woes, but the Burnaby South riding association was the party’s best fundraiser overall in Canada in 2017.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured last year on Parliament Hill. The federal party is putting a concerted effort into winning the byelection race in Burnaby South, B.C., where Mr. Singh is seeking a seat, on Feb. 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 21, 2019

The NDP is drawing on support from top Hill staffers, B.C. NDP MPs, and party resources "all over the Lower Mainland" to get NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh elected in the February byelection in Burnaby South, NDP MPs and strategists say. The byelection is considered critical to the party's overall fortun...

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