The political mastery of Singh’s dramatic House stand

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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured April 29. Singh has played the role of a model minority well. Until last week, that is, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

June 24, 2020

OTTAWA—Canada is the mediocre white guy in middle management who thinks he’s Walter White. So basically, Canada is Thomas Mulcair. This lack of self-awareness, fuelled by the aromatic scents of white supremacy, is why

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