NDP’s Singh talks affordability in Atlantic while targeting Liberal seats
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Singh said voters struggling with the cost of living are dissatisfied with the federal government, while selling his party as the true caretaker of working-class Canadians.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is touring Atlantic Canada in an effort to highlight affordability issues — and flip two Liberal seats in the next federal election.
Singh said voters who are increasingly struggling with the cost of living are dissatisfied with the federal government, while selling his party as the true caretaker of working-class Canadians.
The NDP has pushed for affordability initiatives through its confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals, including dental care, a one-time rental supplement and the doubling of the GST rebate.
Singh views them all as wins.
“We’re making a real difference, but it’s not enough for me to just push government,” Singh told reporters in St. John’s, N.L., on Tuesday.
“I want to be the one calling the shots and make sure that decisions are made in the interests of working people.”
The party is looking to flip St. John’s East in Newfoundland, a seat that used to be a stronghold for the NDP, and Halifax, a riding that often flips between the Liberals and New Democrats.
That history makes those seats the easiest for the NDP to take back, argued Lori Turnbull, an associate professor of political science at Dalhousie University.