Canada: Jagmeet Singh faces existential byelection on road to challenge Trudeau

First non-white leader of a major political party needs to win a seat in parliament before he can run for PM

The leader of Canada’s left-of-centre New Democratic party is facing a key byelection on Monday which will decide whether or not he is able to challenge Justin Trudeau in October.

Jagmeet Singh, the first non-white leader of a major political party in the country’s history, must win the byelection in Burnaby, a city east of Vancouver, in order to get a seat in parliament and be in position to go up against the PM in this year’s general election.

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