NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks about the harassment allegations against Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir outside the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 3, 2018. The beleaguered federal leader is stuck but a strong showing from Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath could change that, Tim Harper writes. ( PATRICK DOYLE / THE CANADIAN PRESS )The question to be asked now is whether political success for Andrea Horwath in the June 7 vote can help her former deputy, the beleaguered federal leader Jagmeet Singh. After nine years as provincial leader, Horwath is trying to look new and refreshing in her third crack at the crown. Three years after the NDP’s Rae became Ontario premier, the federal NDP under Audrey McLaughlin lost official party status.

Source: thestar May 15, 2018 17:26 UTC