NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will step down once the party selects a new leader, following his party’s significant seat losses in the April 28 election.
Singh also lost his own seat in the election.
“Tonight I’ve informed the party [president] that I’m stepping down as party leader as soon as an interim leader can be appointed,” Singh told supporters in an emotional speech in the early morning of April 29.
Singh also congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory and said he has an “important job to do, to represent all Canadians and to protect our country and its sovereignty from the threats of Donald Trump.”…