Singh was appointed deputy leader of the Ontario NDP in April 2015 by leader Andrea Horwath. NDP leadership candidates Charlie Angus, left, and Niki Ashton, centre, and Peter Julian, right, during a leadership debate in Montreal in March 2017. "It will be a challenge to some people's perspective as well of what a Canadian political leader looks like and where they come from." MP Charlie Angus leads fundraising contestThe other official NDP leadership contenders are B.C. MP Peter Julian, Ontario MP Charlie Angus, Manitoba MP Niki Ashton and Quebec MP Guy Caron.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2017 12:00 UTC