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Everybody is wondering whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down before the next federal election. They should be asking the same question of Jagmeet Singh. A pair of by-elections next month could reveal whether the time has come for the NDP Leader to depart.

Mr. Singh can take pride in knowing that, thanks to him, Canada has a new national dental care program and the beginnings of national pharmacare. He entered into a supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals after the last election on the condition the government implement those programs

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party has built a “strong brand across the country” — but lately, that brand appears to be doing a lot better in provincial politics than at the federal level.

In British Columbia, where Singh is one of 13 B.C. NDP MPs, Premier David Eby’s New Democrats are leading in the polls heading into a general election this fall. The provincial NDP led by Wab Kinew unseated the incumbent Progressive Conservatives in Manitoba last year after seven years in opposition.

My bet is Singh will be turfed once Trudeau is ousted.

Naheed Nenshi didn’t just win the leadership of Alberta NDP. He beat his opponents hands down. His closest competitor didn’t even garner 10 percent of the vote.

Regardless of where one stands politically, it’s undeniable that Nenshi helmed an incredible organizational machine that brought such an overwhelming victory in the party leadership.

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said this week’s Toronto—St. Paul’s byelection results showed “how frustrated” Canadians are with Justin Trudeau’s Liberals but declined to explain why his own party’s numbers also experienced a similar drop.

In 2021, the federal NDP got 16.8 per cent of the vote in the Toronto riding, which its represented by the provincial NDP in the Ontario legislature. But during Monday’s byelection, the party garnered only 10.9 per cent of the vote — a drop of nearly six points.

The NDP’s Jagmeet Singh, who has been leading the left-wing party for almost seven years, has been pressing hard to appeal to Canada’s 1.8 million Muslims.

And it’s working, according to a revealing May poll by the Angus Reid Institute. Forty-one per cent of Canada’s Muslims are now ready to vote for Singh, compared to 31 per cent for Justin Trudeau. Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives appeal to just 15 per cent of Muslims.

However, for Singh that’s about the only good news.

OTTAWA — Riding a wave of anger and frustration with high grocery prices, the New Democrats will force a vote in the House of Commons on a motion to tax the excess profits of large grocers, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced Tuesday.

The non-binding vote, expected in the coming weeks, comes as concerns with the cost of living have soured public opinion on grocery store chains — and Justin Trudeau’s government.