Prime Minister Singh? Don’t laugh

In a recent Ipsos survey, pollster Darrell Bricker found that 54 per cent of respondents wanted Justin Trudeau to step down in 2023. The same poll found that 59 per cent had an unfavourable view of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. This is not a ringing endorsement of either of the two traditional parties that have ruled the roost in Canada since Confederation. In the same poll, Jagmeet Singh scored the highest approval rating of any federal leader at 53 per cent.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on the Hill. Prime Minister Singh? At a time when establishment parties of both stripes might be bartering away public and universal health care, don’t laugh, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX—Last December, Jagmeet Singh rose in the House of Commons to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a question. He was challenging Justin Trudeau on the issue of backing up his words with deeds. In the course of putting his question, the NDP leader said, “Wh...

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