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Singh says his fashion sense helps disarm stereotypes about Sikhs with turbans and long beards

By Peter Zimonjic, CBC News Posted: Oct 01, 2017 3:34 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 01, 2017 3:58 PM ET

New NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is fluent in English, French and Punjabi. The Ontario MPP is also a trained martial artist and a criminal defence lawyer who grew up in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario.

New NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is fluent in English, French and Punjabi. The Ontario MPP is also a trained martial artist and a criminal defence lawyer who grew up in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

Jagmeet Singh, the first turban-wearing Sikh to sit in Ontario's legislature, will now lead a federal political party with his victory in the NDP leadership race on Sunday.

Singh, 38, won on the first ballot Sunday, taking 53 per cent of the vote to top MPs Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton and Guy Caron.

Singh has represented the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton at Queen's Park since 2011. The unmarried MPP served as the Ontario NDP party's critic for justice and consumer services before party leader Andrea Horwath named him her deputy in 2015.

A criminal defence lawyer who speaks fluent French and Punjabi, Singh was born in Scarborough, Ont., in 1979.

Singh was raised in Newfoundland and Labrador while his father, who trained as a psychiatrist in India, attended medical school there and worked as a security guard before he could practise in Canada.  

His family moved to Windsor, Ont., when he was seven years old.

Learning to fight 

Singh says he was bullied as a youngster and took up martial arts to defend himself, going on to captain his high school wrestling team and winning the Toronto championships in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

He got a law degree from Osgoode Hall in Toronto and practised as a criminal defence lawyer. His brother, Gurratan Singh, now runs their firm.  

Singh's passion for fashion caught the attention of GQ magazine earlier this year, which described him as "the incredibly well-dressed rising star in Canadian politics." In the magazine's profile of him, Singh said his personal style is an extension of his political platform.

Singh explained at the time that his style shows his confidence which can help disarm stereotypes about people wearing turbans and long beards.

Among the issues Singh has worked on at Queen's Park is the controversial police practice of carding — stopping people on the street and demanding identification. Singh, who said he's been carded 10 times, pushed for a ban. The Ontario government outlawed arbitrary street checks last year.

He also advocated for limits on fees to transfer money overseas and for a religious exemption for Sikhs from motorcycle helmet laws.  

Entering the federal fray

When he launched his campaign for the federal leadership at the same banquet hall in Brampton, west of Toronto, where he celebrated his first election victory in 2011, Singh told the crowd that his party and the country are hungry for new leadership.

"Leadership that will bring people together, to build a Canada that is truly inclusive and where everyone can realize their dreams," Singh said at the time.

Singh has said that he would not immediately seek a seat in the House of Commons until he had time to help increase his profile outside of the House. 

 

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-profile-biography-win-1.4315780

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NDP is going to finish a distant 3rd like always. Then couple of years down the road, goras will dump him. Good thing is, the khalistani problem that has infested canadian politics for so long, and has been ignored just as long by the goras, will now be front and center. This is actually good from Indian/Canadian hindu POV. No better disinfectant than sunlight. 

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Jagmeet Singh 

@theJagmeetSinghReplying to @IISuperwomanII

Raksha Bandan has always bothered me because of the very overt sexist message it sends to women: they are powerless & need protection

 

Fights for the right to wear burkha, hijab, but thinks raksha bandhan is sexist.  He is Burkha Dutt's BFF, Typical ass bleeding heart that are popular in NDP.

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he is not an issue atm for India as Trudeau has a comfortable majority.

 

will be an issue if the conservatives or mostly liberals dont get an outright majority in 2019 and NDP manages to be part of a coalition gov. 

 

looks like that planted racist woman worked for him. 

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3 hours ago, G_B_ said:

he is not an issue atm for India as Trudeau has a comfortable majority.

 

will be an issue if the conservatives or mostly liberals dont get an outright majority in 2019 and NDP manages to be part of a coalition gov. 

 

looks like that planted racist woman worked for him. 

As a Canadian leader, he will still be a non issue for India.

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4 hours ago, G_B_ said:

he is not an issue atm for India as Trudeau has a comfortable majority.

 

will be an issue if the conservatives or mostly liberals dont get an outright majority in 2019 and NDP manages to be part of a coalition gov. 

 

looks like that planted racist woman worked for him. 

The racist woman is not a racist woman she is pro Christian hindu jew Jeniffer Bush. There is a side to her story she is anti sharia. Check her out.

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6 hours ago, G_B_ said:

he is not an issue atm for India as Trudeau has a comfortable majority.

 

will be an issue if the conservatives or mostly liberals dont get an outright majority in 2019 and NDP manages to be part of a coalition gov. 

 

looks like that planted racist woman worked for him. 

what's your proof that the woman was planted?  NDP isn't the major party at the moment and even if he was PM, how does that affect India? You seem to have myopic view of canadian politics and how things work in the real world.

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17 hours ago, surajmal said:

NDP is going to finish a distant 3rd like always. Then couple of years down the road, goras will dump him. Good thing is, the khalistani problem that has infested canadian politics for so long, and has been ignored just as long by the goras, will now be front and center. This is actually good from Indian/Canadian hindu POV. No better disinfectant than sunlight. 

what a rubbish post. Do you have any idea of the workings of politics?  Obviously, leaders change every few years if they fail to deliver the results.  Goras?  what is this inferiority complex you seem to be carrying on your shoulder. 

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7 minutes ago, PBN said:

india will soon roll out the visa for jagmeet considering he's now the leader of NDP

Modi was denied a visa when he was sitting Chief minister of a major Indian state. While he may still be granted a visa, being a leader of a party does not guarantee it.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, PBN said:

what's your proof that the woman was planted?  NDP isn't the major party at the moment and even if he was PM, how does that affect India? You seem to have myopic view of canadian politics and how things work in the real world.

What proof did Jagmeet have when he blamed the Indian embassy of conspiring against him during the campaign?   This guy has a history of playing the victim. 

 

I am not the one with the myopic view.

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2 minutes ago, G_B_ said:

What proof did Jagmeet have when he blamed the Indian embassy of conspiring against him during the campaign?   This guy has a history of playing the victim. 

 

I am not the one with the myopic view.

hey you said she was planted. if you want your statement to be credible, then  time to show proof or else it's just an empty statement by a random unknown person on the internet.

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