Thursday, December 18, 2025
    ADVT 
    National

    NDP's Jagmeet Singh Steps Into The House Of Commons, Making History

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Mar, 2019 06:42 PM

      OTTAWA — Sporting a bright yellow turban, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh entered the House of Commons for the first time as an MP Monday to loud cheers.

       

      Singh is the first racialized leader in the Commons in Canadian history.

       

      The leader of the New Democrats had been left out of the political theatre of question period and he wasn't able to have an office on Parliament Hill.

       
       
       
       

      Singh won his new Burnaby South seat in a February byelection sparked by the departure of former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart, who ran for mayor of Vancouver.

       
       
       
       

      New Democrats are hoping Singh's presence in the House of Commons will help the party turn the page on a difficult period, marked by challenges with morale and fundraising.

       

      Singh's prolonged lack of a seat contributed to internal battles within his own caucus following his leadership win in October 2017.

       
       
       
       
      Prev Next

      MORE National ARTICLES

      RCMP Search For Dognapper After Theft Of Pooch From Fenced Yard In Kelowna, B.C.

      RCMP Search For Dognapper After Theft Of Pooch From Fenced Yard In Kelowna, B.C.
      Police say the theft happened at about 7:30 p.m. on March 9, in the city's Mission area.    

      RCMP Search For Dognapper After Theft Of Pooch From Fenced Yard In Kelowna, B.C.

      Volunteers In Vancouver To Tally Homeless On Streets And In Shelters

      Vancouver's annual homeless count is to begin tonight and will continue through all city neighbourhoods for 24 hours. The count has been done every year since 2010.

      Volunteers In Vancouver To Tally Homeless On Streets And In Shelters

      Renewed Efforts To Find Montreal Boy A Year After His Disappearance

      Renewed Efforts To Find Montreal Boy A Year After His Disappearance
      MONTREAL — A year after 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou vanished after setting out to visit a friend in north-end Montreal, new efforts are being launched this week to find him.    

      Renewed Efforts To Find Montreal Boy A Year After His Disappearance

      RCMP Investigate Separate Homicides In B.C.’s Central And Eastern Interior

      RCMP Investigate Separate Homicides In B.C.’s Central And Eastern Interior
      Officers with the North District Major Crime Unit responded to reports of a shooting Sunday at a home that is well known to police in 100 Mile House.

      RCMP Investigate Separate Homicides In B.C.’s Central And Eastern Interior

      B.C. Company To Pay $50,000 For Illegally Importing Orchid-Containing Herbal Oil

      VANCOUVER — A British Columbia company has been ordered to pay $50,000 in penalties for illegally importing a herbal oil containing a protected orchid species.

      B.C. Company To Pay $50,000 For Illegally Importing Orchid-Containing Herbal Oil

      NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Names Montreal MP Boulerice As Deputy Leader

      MONTREAL — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is naming Montreal MP Alexandre Boulerice deputy leader in hopes of boosting the party's fortunes in Quebec.

      NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Names Montreal MP Boulerice As Deputy Leader

      PrevNext