After tons of terrible attention over his ties to Khalistani groups and his willingness to attend events where some people proclaimed the virtues of ‘political violence,’ Jagmeet Singh has another mess on his hands.
NDP MP Charlie Angus – who finished second to Singh in the NDP leadership race – is ripping into Jagmeet Singh’s decision to punish MP David Christopherson after Christopherson voted his conscience in opposing the Trudeau Government’s Canada Summer Jobs ‘Values test.’
As reported by the Globe & Mail, Angus didn’t hold back:
“People are really stunned, because they don’t understand what the political agenda is by publicly attacking such a senior member of caucus,” Mr. Angus said in an interview. “It’s not how you treat someone who’s given so much of their life to the party and to building solidarity in the caucus. It shows a lack of respect.” Mr. Angus said the decision to remove Mr. Christopherson from committee “should be reversed immediately.” “People are saying, why was this done? And what’s going to be done to make it right?”
The story also points out that there are “concerns in the caucus about Mr. Singh’s handling of the issue of his attendance at a Sikh separatist rallly in 2015 and a panel discussion in 2016,” a clear sign that the issue is resonating beyond just one or two newscycles.
After Christopherson voted with the Conservatives to oppose the Trudeau Liberals widely-hated policy to force organizations to sign statements adhering to Justin Trudeau’s ‘values’ in order to get funding, he was removed from his role as vice-chairman of the procedure and House affairs committee.
Full article: https://www.spencerfernando.com/2018/03/27/ndp-chaos-charlie-angus-rips-jagmeet-singh-punishing-mp-voted-trudeaus-values-test/