As the fallout from Justin Trudeau’s much-anticipated resignation announcement reverberates across Canada, at least two British Columbians will feature prominently in national politics in the coming weeks and months.
The demands of leading the federal NDP have seen Jagmeet Singh spend a lot of time outside his Burnaby riding, and that could increase if he finds himself the leader of the official opposition. He’s already pitching himself to voters as an alternative to the two biggest parties.
“It doesn’t matter who the next Liberal leader is, they’ve let you down, they do not deserve another chance,” he said at a virtual press conference on Monday. “And if you are worried about the cuts of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, if you find it unacceptable, just simply wrong that the rich keep on getting richer and the middle class is falling further behind, stand with us.”
Observers speculate, however, that if Singh loses seats at a time the Liberals are on their …