NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sworn in as member of Parliament for Burnaby South
Mar 17, 2019 | 5:00 PM
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OTTAWA — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh has been sworn in as a member of Parliament.
The NDP says Singh becomes the first racialized party leader to sit in the House of Commons.
He won a byelection in the British Columbia riding of Burnaby South in February, taking roughly 39 per cent of the vote.
The win means Singh can finally go toe-to-toe in the House of Commons with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — something he hasn’t been able to do since taking over the party reins from Tom Mulcair in October 2017.
