As the years go on, Trudeau will remain well-known and widely despised. But Singh? He won't be worth thinking about

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Jagmeet Singh is about to be relegated to a footnote in Canadian history. And the footnote will probably read like a joke.

We can reasonably expect it to look something like this: “Canada’s scandal-riven Justin Trudeau era, from 2015 to 2024 also contained an odd era for the country’s ‘always a bridesmaid, never a bride’ New Democratic Party, which, from 2017 on, was led by Jagmeet Singh. After leading the party’s fall to fourth-place status in the House of Commons in 2019, Singh entered into a supply and confidence agreement with Trudeau’s minority government in 2022. He was frequently accused of using the agreement to procure his full government pension.

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“Singh was widely regarded by Canadians as a ‘champagne socialist’ and ‘Rolex Robin Hood’ for his expensive taste in fashion and cars. A lawyer, he would go on to loudly publicize that he was ‘ripping apart’ the supply and confidence agreement that was keeping an intensely disliked Trudeau in power. However, his dramatic proclamation was followed by zero action, as the man propped up the failing Liberal government until its dying breath.

“After the 2025 federal election, Singh was forced out of both his riding and his position as party leader. After an unsuccessful attempt at becoming a social media influencer, Singh was rarely seen in public after 2027. When he was, it was behind the tinted windows of the aging, faded Maserati he drove at the height of his political career, as his pension was not enough to maintain his lavish lifestyle. Following his departure, the NDP never regained the respectability or vote share seen during the Jack Layton years that preceded Singh.”

That’s it. Because what else is there to Singh, when you get down to brass tacks? (Maybe we should call it brass “tax” when speaking of Singh.) He offered, and provided, nothing of value to Canadians. In fact, the initiatives Singh takes credit for have been the opposite of a boon.

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