The slogans have changed over the years but the core narrative has not. OTTAWA—Jagmeet Singh’s keynote speech to the NDP weekend convention was his first major opportunity to start positioning the party for a general election that is barely 20 months away. The NDP under Thomas Mulcair favoured a cap-and-trade system over a carbon tax. Despite a lot of ongoing trade developments, Singh’s speech was as silent on the issue as he was on Canada-U.S. relations in the Trump era. Child care did not get much play in Singh’s speech.

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 20:26 UTC