On 20 October, Jagmeet Singh received a phone call. One month after Canada’s snap election, the leader of the progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) spoke to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about where their two parties could align on policy. It might initially seem odd that Trudeau, who is about to start his third term as prime minister, would be consulting with the country’s fourth-largest party. However, Trudeau’s minority Liberal government will rely on Singh’s support in the months ahead.
So how did it go? “There’s been a willingness to chat, which is encouraging,” Singh told me. “But my problem is that the Liberals have often been willing to chat. And they often say the right things, [but] they don’t do the right things. That’s a real big concern.”
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