OTTAWA — A rival campaign in the federal NDP leadership race is accusing candidate Jagmeet Singh of inflating the number of new party members he signed up. “Looking back through the records of the updating of the party database, of the membership, we found that we are approximately around 41,000 around the end of March, as the party reported. provincial election, a leadership race in Manitoba, the nomination of candidates in Ontario and an upcoming leadership race in Saskatchewan — though provincial sign-ups weren’t automatically entered into the federal database. A spokesperson for candidate Niki Ashton’s campaign said they had always expected “amazing numbers” from the Singh campaign. They wouldn’t comment on whether Singh’s numbers made sense to them, but said they were “extremely proud” of their own numbers.

Source: National Post August 30, 2017 22:30 UTC