He announced in August that he would run in Burnaby South, where NDP MP Kennedy Stewart had announced his intention to resign and run for mayor of Vancouver. Singh was nominated as the NDP candidate for Burnaby South in mid-September, for whenever the byelection comes. Indeed, Liberals are privately concerned that Singh could lose the Burnaby South byelection, prompting the NDP to dump him and choose a potentially more appealing leader before next fall’s general election. They say the decision is based on the wishes of grassroots Liberals in B.C., who have been nearly unanimous in wanting to put up a fight in Burnaby South. But that was before the Brampton riding opened up.

Source: National Post November 23, 2018 05:37 UTC