The thing about being a New Democratic Party leader is that there’s an oh-so-fine class line to walk, a line that is easier for the leaders of less socially concerned parties. Making Singh leader of the federal NDP was audacious. In May he threw MP Erin Weir out of the national NDP caucus after an independent investigation “upheld” complaints of harassment, sexual and otherwise, against Weir. He probably did not realize that he was making it more difficult for Singh to let him rejoin the caucus. Well, we know how, because Saskatchewan’s NDP leader, Ryan Meili, immediately suggested that Singh should apologize to the “privileged” party grandees.

Source: National Post September 14, 2018 17:50 UTC