Attacked for betraying NDP legacy, Singh plays balancing act while supporting Emergencies Act

The NDP's support for the Emergencies Act has been contrasted with its rejection of the War Measures Act by political opponents and a former New Democrat MP.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that he will stop supporting the Emergencies Act as soon as it is not needed.
In supporting the invocation of the Emergencies Act, the NDP is playing a balancing act, but party insiders say it had to be done. The party is facing charges that it broke with its own history when the great majority of NDP MPs voted against the invocation of the War Measures Act during the Octobe...

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