Jagmeet Singh
Burnaby South
Member of Parliament for Burnaby South
Leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh is a lawyer, a human rights activist, and a former MPP in Ontario. Jagmeet understands the struggles Canadians are faced with because as a young man, he had to step up and take care of his family. Recently, Jagmeet and the NDP Caucus delivered the greatest expansion of universal healthcare in generations, with the creation of a new dental care program and concrete steps towards national pharmacare. Jagmeet is driven to make sure government delivers for people with stronger services that help create a better future for everyone.
Since 2019, Jagmeet has been honoured to serve as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South, where he lives with wife Gurkiran and daughter Anhad.
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April 16
NDP lowers costs for Canadians but Liberal budget doesn’t tackle corporate greed
OTTAWA — On Tuesday, Canada's NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh reacted to the federal government’s budget. For months, the NDP has fought to have measures in the budget that lower costs for hardworking people but today Singh criticized the Liberals for failing to tackle the corporate greed driving up prices and gouging Canadians.
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December 13
NDP plan to tackle excessive CEO pay would put money back into people’s pockets
OTTAWA—On Wednesday morning, the Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report that shows the government could recover more than $1.7 billion a year – money that could be used to increase GST rebates by $250 a year or build more homes for Indigenous people—by implementing Jagmeet Singh’s proposal to tax excessive CEO pay.
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December 11
New Democrats are delivering dental care that saves millions of Canadian families around $1,300
TORONTO – On Monday, Canada’s NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined by NDP MP Matthew Green (Hamilton Centre) and NDP candidate Clare Hacksel (Toronto-Danforth) is speaking about the implementation of the NDP national dental care program.
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