Face of Nation : NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s not worried about his party’s difficulties filling their remaining candidate vacancies before election day.
The party leader spoke to reporters Friday night at an event where he was formally confirmed as the candidate for Burnaby South in British Columbia. Less than two months out from the federal vote, the NDP have nominated barely half of their candidates for the 338 federal ridings.
“No, not concerned about it,” Singh said at the event on Friday night, though he added he does feel some pressure to fill the remaining 163 vacancies. “Of course there’s urgency because there’s a lot of people counting on us.”
He’s still confident the party can deliver a decent result on Oct. 21. Singh was elected in a February byelection to the B.C. riding, which finally afforded him a seat in the House of Commons with his MPs. The party’s national support has plummeted. CBC’s poll tracker shows the NDP are polling at less than 14 per cent nationally.
According to the NDP’s website, the party has yet to nominate a single candidate in New Brunswick, P.E.I., Nunavut or the Northwest Territories.
