Singh Sets an Enviable Example

March 24, 2022

With his agreement to support the Liberal minority through to 2025, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has shown a remarkable and rare example of a politician choosing public interest over partisan advantage. He knows full well that these arrangements to allow the governing party to adopt progressive measures that are part of the other party’s platform usually allow the governing party to take credit. The other party that made bringing forward these projects a condition of their support often does not benefit in the next election. Hence, Singh is sacrificing political advantage to ensure initiation of polices that “people need”. Good on him. Maybe his example will reduce the US style polarizing partisanship which seemed to be engulfing our national politics. Thanks Jagmeet.

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