Jagmeet Singh

Singh was born on January 2, 1979{{Cite web |title=Jagmeet Singh |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jagmeet-singh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428051042/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jagmeet-singh |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2021 |title=Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal |url=https://lso.ca/public-resources/finding-a-lawyer-or-paralegal/directory-search/members/lawyer/053/jagmeet-singh-jimmy-dhaliwal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428051042/https://lso.ca/public-resources/finding-a-lawyer-or-paralegal/directory-search/members/lawyer/053/jagmeet-singh-jimmy-dhaliwal |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |access-date=April 28, 2021 |website=Law Society of Ontario}} in the city of Scarborough, Ontario, now a district of Toronto, to Indian immigrants, Harmeet Kaur and Jagtaran Dhaliwal.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/thikriwal-in-punjab-s-barnala-celebrates-its-son-jagmeet-singh-s-success-in-canadian-politics/story-4zzhlyg8nckaAz9pGBcEEM.html|title=Punjab village celebrates its son Jagmeet Singh's success in Canadian politics|date=October 3, 2017|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201180705/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/thikriwal-in-punjab-s-barnala-celebrates-its-son-jagmeet-singh-s-success-in-canadian-politics/story-4zzhlyg8nckaAz9pGBcEEM.html|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live}} His parents are both from the Malwa region of the Indian state of Punjab, with his mother being from Ghudani Khurd in Ludhiana district, while his father is from Thikriwala in Barnala district.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/trudeaus-new-political-rival-is-a-canadian-sikh-with-swag/articleshow/60917711.cms|title=Trudeau's new political rival is a Canadian Sikh with swag|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824181531/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/trudeaus-new-political-rival-is-a-canadian-sikh-with-swag/articleshow/60917711.cms|archive-date=August 24, 2019|url-status=live}} Singh belongs to the Dhaliwal clan of Jat Sikhs.{{cite web |date=May 13, 2020 |last=Kohli |first=Tanvi |url=https://humanities.wustl.edu/news/diasporic-quest-power-jagmeet-singh-hybrid-whiteness-and-genocide |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2024 |title=A Diasporic Quest for Power: Jagmeet Singh, Hybrid Whiteness, and Genocide |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240601061203/https://humanities.wustl.edu/news/diasporic-quest-power-jagmeet-singh-hybrid-whiteness-and-genocide |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |quote=“Dhaliwal” signifies Singh’s clan position as a Jat Sikh. |publisher=WashU |language=en-IN }}

Singh's great-grandfather was Sewa Singh Thikriwala, a political activist who campaigned for the cause of Indian independence.{{cite web|url=http://www.straight.com/news/912581/gurpreet-singh-beware-those-opposed-jagmeet-singh-and-his-supporters|title=Gurpreet Singh: Beware of those opposed to Jagmeet Singh and his supporters|date=May 18, 2017|website=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201094337/https://www.straight.com/news/912581/gurpreet-singh-beware-those-opposed-jagmeet-singh-and-his-supporters|archive-date=December 1, 2018|url-status=live}} Another great-grandfather, Hira Singh, served in World War I and World War II in the Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/theJagmeetSingh/status/1193634910629748737|title=Jagmeet Singh|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=April 11, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524113232/https://twitter.com/theJagmeetSingh/status/1193634910629748737|url-status=live}} After a year as a toddler living with his grandparents in India, Singh spent his early childhood in St. John's and Grand Falls-Windsor, both in Newfoundland and Labrador, before relocating with his family to Windsor, Ontario.{{cite news|last=Raj|first=Althia|date=January 1, 2017|title=Jagmeet Singh Is A Young, Photogenic, Confident Politician. Sound Familiar?|work=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/01/02/jagmeet-singh-ndp-leadership-ontario-mpp_n_13832878.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102104/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/01/02/jagmeet-singh-ndp-leadership-ontario-mpp_n_13832878.html|archive-date=March 27, 2019}}{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh, who spent part of childhood in Newfoundland, launches bid for federal NDP leadership |url=https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/jagmeet-singh-who-spent-part-of-childhood-in-newfoundland-launches-bid-for-federal-ndp-leadership-129657/ |work=The Telegram |location=St. John's, NL |date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918093949/http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/jagmeet-singh-who-spent-part-of-childhood-in-newfoundland-launches-bid-for-federal-ndp-leadership-129657/ |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |url-status=live }} Singh has publicly discussed suffering sexual abuse as a child from a martial arts coach, as well as having a father who struggled with alcoholism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-23-2019-1.5103180/i-tried-to-bury-it-down-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-says-he-was-sexually-abused-as-a-child-1.5106383|title='I tried to bury it down': NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he was sexually abused as a child|last=Moran|first=Padraig|date=October 16, 2019|website=CBC Radio|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118190235/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-23-2019-1.5103180/i-tried-to-bury-it-down-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-says-he-was-sexually-abused-as-a-child-1.5106383|archive-date=November 18, 2019}}

From grades 6 to 12, Singh attended Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, Michigan.{{cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jagmeet-singh-recalls-racism-in-windsor-but-also-a-hometown-he-loves/wcm/916b4fe5-cbe6-4a0c-861b-86c4a650c403/|title=Jagmeet Singh recalls racism in Windsor, but also a hometown he loves|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=September 21, 2019|last=Pearson|first=Craig|work=Windsor Star|publisher=Postmedia Network Inc.|archive-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514044946/https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jagmeet-singh-recalls-racism-in-windsor-but-also-a-hometown-he-loves/wcm/916b4fe5-cbe6-4a0c-861b-86c4a650c403/|url-status=live}} He went on to obtain a B.Sc. degree in biology from the University of Western Ontario in 2001 and in 2005 graduated as a Bachelor of Laws from York University's Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 2006.{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/author/jagmeet-singh/ |work=Huffington Post |access-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918201850/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/author/jagmeet-singh/ |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Singh has two younger siblings, brother Gurratan and sister Manjot, who were both born during the family's time in Newfoundland. Gurratan Singh was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 Ontario election, representing the riding of Brampton East.{{cite news|title=NDP leader's brother elected in Brampton East, Weather Network personality wins Brampton North|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/ndp-leaders-brother-elected-brampton-east-weather-network-personality-wins-brampton-north.html|access-date=June 8, 2018|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=June 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140907/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/ndp-leaders-brother-elected-brampton-east-weather-network-personality-wins-brampton-north.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}

Singh worked as a criminal defence lawyer in the Greater Toronto Area before entering politics, first at the law firm Pinkofskys, then at his own practice, Singh Law, which he established with Gurratan.{{cite web |url=http://www.mississauga.com/community/article/1268863--mpp-likes-the-finer-things |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114131304/http://www.mississauga.com/community/article/1268863--mpp-likes-the-finer-things |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |title=MPP likes the finer things |work=Mississauga News |date=December 22, 2011 |last=Slack |first=Julie}} In a Toronto Star article published on January 9, 2012, Singh stated that his background in criminal defence contributed to his decision to enter politics, particularly his work advocating for the protection of rights entrenched in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/article/1112652 |first=Robert |last=Benzie |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=January 9, 2012 |title=12 to watch in 2012: Jagmeet Singh |access-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140824152834/http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1112652 |archive-date=August 24, 2014 |url-status=live }}

Singh provided pro bono consulting to an activist group that protested the visit to Canada of Kamal Nath, the former Indian trade minister who had allegedly led armed counter terrorist groups, against Sikh separatists, during the 1984 Delhi riots.{{Cite book |url=http://digital.yorku.ca/i/368698-yorku-fall-2014/19 |title=Number One |last=Tancock |first=Martha |publisher=The York University Magazine |year=2014 |page=20 |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001746/http://digital.yorku.ca/i/368698-yorku-fall-2014/19 |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/5355/The-most-interesting-man-at-Queens-Park.html |title=The most interesting man at Queen's Park |last=Mann |first=Arshy |date=November 17, 2014 |work=Canadian Lawyer Magazine |access-date=October 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305042705/http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/5355/The-most-interesting-man-at-Queens-Park.html |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=dead }} After failing to get their views heard, Singh was inspired to run for office by the activist group so their concerns could be better represented.

Singh began his political career with his decision to run for member of Parliament in the 2011 federal election as the NDP candidate in the riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton. During the election, Singh stopped using his surname, Dhaliwal (which is connected to caste), because he wanted to signal his rejection of the inequality inherent in the caste system. Instead, he chose to use the more common Singh. Although he was defeated by Conservative candidate Bal Gosal by 539 votes, Singh finished ahead of incumbent Liberal MP, Gurbax Singh Malhi.

{{Main|2011 Ontario general election}}

Singh ran in the 2011 Ontario provincial election as the NDP candidate in the overlapping provincial riding, defeating Liberal incumbent Kuldip Kular by 2,277 votes. Singh became the first New Democrat elected to represent the Peel Region, as well as the first turban-wearing MPP.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ndp-mpp-jagmeet-singhs-quest-to-quash-carding-in-ontario/article24833278/ |title=NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh's quest to quash carding in Ontario |last=Taber |first=Jane |date=June 5, 2015 |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119211214/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ndp-mpp-jagmeet-singhs-quest-to-quash-carding-in-ontario/article24833278/ |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |url-status=live }} In the 40th Parliament of Ontario, Singh was appointed as the NDP critic for the attorney general and consumer services portfolios.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7166&detailPage=members_detail_career |title=Jagmeet Singh, MPP (Bramalea—Gore—Malton) |website=Ontla.on.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106095932/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7166&detailPage=members_detail_career |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |url-status=live }} He also served as his party's deputy house leader.

Singh called for greater police accountability and demanded the provincial government draft legislation to strengthen Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU). He criticized the attorney general in 2011 after the release of a report by the ombudsman, André Marin, that found the province had undermined the SIU. Singh said, "The comprehensive failure of the ministry to address concerns about the SIU and give it a proper mandate is simply unacceptable, and I expect immediate action from the new Attorney General."{{cite news|date=December 17, 2011|title=MPP wants new SIU laws|newspaper=The Brampton Guardian|publisher=Metroland Media Group|url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/article/1265670}}

In March 2012, Singh introduced a private member's bill, "An Act to Amend the Insurance Act", to address high auto insurance rates. This bill would have ended the industry practice of basing insurance rates on geographic location. The bill received numerous complaints that it would have raised rates in rural and Northern Ontario{{cite news|url=http://www.sootoday.com/local-news/orazietti-surprised-by-manthas-support-of-ndp-auto-insurance-bill-159637|title=Orazietti surprised by Mantha's support of NDP auto insurance bill|website=SooToday.com|date=May 4, 2012|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710231958/https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/orazietti-surprised-by-manthas-support-of-ndp-auto-insurance-bill-159637|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=NDP drives hearings on auto insurance|url=http://www.sudbury.com/local-news/ndp-drives-hearings-on-auto-insurance-240871|website=Sudbury.com|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711013719/https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/ndp-drives-hearings-on-auto-insurance-240871|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Proposed NDP private members' bill would hike auto insurance rates in Ontario substantially: Liberal MPP|url=http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/proposed-ndp-private-members-bill-would-hike-auto-insurance-rates-in-ontario-substantially-liberal-1001115621|website=Canadian Underwriter|date=April 30, 2012|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712081625/https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/proposed-ndp-private-members-bill-would-hike-auto-insurance-rates-in-ontario-substantially-liberal-1001115621/|url-status=live}} and failed to pass second reading.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=2590 |title=Bill 45, Insurance Amendment Act (Risk Classification Systems for Automobile Insurance), 2012 |website=Ontla.on.ca |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=May 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516120616/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=2590 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In May 2012, Singh introduced a private member's bill called "An Act to amend the Consumer Protection Act, 2002" to address high fees on overseas money transfers.{{cite news|last=Clay|first=Chris|date=April 9, 2013|title=MPP's bill aims to cut costs of international money transfers|newspaper=The Mississauga News|url=http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3134048-mpp-s-bill-aims-to-cut-costs-of-international-money-transfers/|url-status=live|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182302/https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3134048-mpp-s-bill-aims-to-cut-costs-of-international-money-transfers/|archive-date=May 16, 2017}} The bill died on the order paper when the legislature was prorogued in September 2012.{{cite web|title=Bill 98, Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Money Transfers), 2012|url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=2646&isCurrent=false&detailPage=bills_detail_the_bill|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516182404/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=2646&isCurrent=false&detailPage=bills_detail_the_bill|archive-date=May 16, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario}}

In March 2013, Singh introduced a motion calling on the Liberal government to reduce auto insurance premiums by 15 percent.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/03/27/liberals_will_support_ndp_call_for_15_auto_insurance_cut.html |title=Liberals will support NDP call for 15% auto insurance cut |date=March 27, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |first=Robert |last=Benzie |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516120643/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/03/27/liberals_will_support_ndp_call_for_15_auto_insurance_cut.html |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh's motion was passed by the legislature, and the 15 percent reduction was to be included in the Liberal government's 2013 budget.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/02/ontario_budget_2013_opposition_dubious_of_liberals_pledge_to_cut_auto_insurance_premiums.html |title=Ontario budget 2013: Opposition dubious of Liberals' pledge to cut auto insurance premiums |first=Richard |last=Brennan |date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516121001/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/02/ontario_budget_2013_opposition_dubious_of_liberals_pledge_to_cut_auto_insurance_premiums.html |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In December 2013, legislation introduced by Singh to have the month of April recognized as Sikh Heritage Month in the province of Ontario was passed by the legislature.{{cite web|date=December 11, 2013|title=Brampton MPP's bill passes to create Sikh Heritage Month|url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/4265430-brampton-mpp-s-bill-passes-to-create-sikh-heritage-month/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516121511/https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/4265430-brampton-mpp-s-bill-passes-to-create-sikh-heritage-month/|archive-date=May 16, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017|publisher=Metroland Media Group|newspaper=The Brampton Guardian}}

{{Main|2014 Ontario general election}}

Singh won his riding in 2014 with 43.6 per cent of the vote, beating Liberal challenger Kuldip Kular, whom Singh had unseated in 2011, and PC challenger Harjit Jaswal.{{Cite web|title=NDP incumbent Jagmeet Singh wins Bramalea-Gore-Malton race|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1391349/ndp-incumbent-jagmeet-singh-wins-bramalea-gore-malton-race/|access-date=April 28, 2021|website=Global News|language=en-US|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428071651/https://globalnews.ca/news/1391349/ndp-incumbent-jagmeet-singh-wins-bramalea-gore-malton-race/|url-status=live}}

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In November 2014, Singh voted against the government's legislation entitled "Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Rates Act", after arguing there were major shortcomings in the legislation regarding the driver's right to sue auto insurance companies. Singh said, "removing more protections for people is not the right way to go, it's a significant loss of our rights, and this is not a good bill."{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/auto-insurance-bill-passes-in-ontario-legislature-1.2841928 |title=Auto insurance bill passes in Ontario Legislature |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |publisher=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516121049/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/auto-insurance-bill-passes-in-ontario-legislature-1.2841928 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In March 2015, during the Ontario sex education curriculum controversy, Singh spoke out against changes to the curriculum which had not been updated since 1998 and proposal changes on teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity. Singh said he disagreed with the "age appropriateness of some materials" and a "mistake on the Liberal government’s part" and "disrespectful to parents".{{cite news|url=http://ipolitics.ca/2017/08/03/ndp-leadership-candidates-throw-barbs-over-sex-ed-old-age-security|title=NDP leadership candidates throw barbs over sex-ed, old age security|website=iPolitics|last=Duggan|first=Kyle|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711112139/http://ipolitics.ca/2017/08/03/ndp-leadership-candidates-throw-barbs-over-sex-ed-old-age-security/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.qpbriefing.com/2017/08/03/jagmeet-singhs-stance-on-ontarios-sex-ed-curriculum-a-flash-point-in-ndp-leadership-debate|title=Questions about Jagmeet Singh's stance on Ontario's sex-ed curriculum a flash point in NDP leadership debate|website=QP Briefing|last=Smith Cross|first=Jessica|date=August 3, 2017|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712031632/https://www.qpbriefing.com/2017/08/03/jagmeet-singhs-stance-on-ontarios-sex-ed-curriculum-a-flash-point-in-ndp-leadership-debate/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.india.com/toronto/jagmeet-singh-calls-for-parental-inputs-on-sex-education-323907 |title=Jagmeet Singh Calls for Parental Inputs on Sex Education |website=India.com |date=March 20, 2015 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406011203/https://www.india.com/toronto/jagmeet-singh-calls-for-parental-inputs-on-sex-education-323907/ |url-status=live }}

In November 2015, Singh introduced a private member's bill to the legislature regarding Tarion. Tarion was created by the provincial government in 1976 to be the regulator of the province's homebuilding industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.tarion.com/Warranty-Protection/Documents/CPG%203rd%20Edition%20Jan%201.pdf |page=13 |title=Construction Performance Guidelines for the Ontario Home Building Industry |publisher=Tarion |access-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010214559/http://www.tarion.com/warranty-protection/documents/cpg%203rd%20edition%20jan%201.pdf |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |url-status=live }} Singh's proposed legislation would give the Ontario Ombudsman the jurisdiction to investigate the practices of the corporation, as well as force Tarion to produce a detailed track record of their builds, and include all of their employees who make over $100,000 on the sunshine list. The proposed legislation would also subject Tarion bylaws to the approval of the provincial government.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/12/10/ontario_bill_would_force_tarion_to_publish_detailed_information_about_builders_track_records.html |title=Ontario bill would force Tarion to publish detailed information about builders' track records |first=Kenyon |last=Wallace |date=December 10, 2014 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |newspaper=Toronto Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811010143/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/12/10/ontario_bill_would_force_tarion_to_publish_detailed_information_about_builders_track_records.html |archive-date=August 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In October 2015, Singh introduced a motion calling on the government to instruct police services in Ontario to end arbitrary street checks, known as carding.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontariondp.ca/ndp_deputy_leader_introduces_motion_to_end_carding_in_ontario |title=NDP Deputy Leader introduces motion to end "carding" in Ontario |date=October 8, 2015 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |publisher=Ontario New Democratic Party |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516121819/http://www.ontariondp.ca/ndp_deputy_leader_introduces_motion_to_end_carding_in_ontario |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} On October 22, 2015, the legislature unanimously passed Singh's motion.{{cite news |url= https://torontosun.com/2015/10/22/legislature-against-arbitrary-carding-by-police/wcm/a4c5b26a-59b2-46e4-989b-72b68d1fbd47 |title=Legislature against arbitrary carding by police |first=Antonella |last=Artuso |date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190519172830/https://torontosun.com/2015/10/22/legislature-against-arbitrary-carding-by-police/wcm/a4c5b26a-59b2-46e4-989b-72b68d1fbd47 |archive-date= May 19, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Singh sparked controversy when he introduced a private members bill to allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. After the motion was denied, Singh released statement declaring "While the Wynne Liberals are happy to pay lip service to civil rights, when the rubber meets the road, this so-called activist premier is quick to deny the Sikh community rights recognized elsewhere". Wynne countered by stating that "Mortality rates have gone down 30 per cent and head injury rates down 75 per cent in jurisdictions with such (motorcycle helmet) laws".{{Cite news|last=Babbage|first=Maria|date=August 19, 2014|title=Turban-wearing Sikhs riding motorbikes in Ontario must wear helmets|work=CTV News|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/turban-wearing-sikhs-riding-motorbikes-in-ontario-must-wear-helmets-1.1966854|url-status=live|access-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926041716/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/turban-wearing-sikhs-riding-motorbikes-in-ontario-must-wear-helmets-1.1966854|archive-date=September 26, 2017}}

Singh was a critic of the province's handling of the Ornge Air Ambulance service and called for greater oversight of the agency. Ornge was the subject of an investigation that found the air ambulance service paid a $1.4 million salary to its president while failing to provide timely emergency services. Singh said, "No more flying blind at Ornge. The people of Ontario have been paying the bills at Ornge with scarce health dollars. They deserve the facts about what's happened. A key first step is making executive contracts immediately available to the public."{{cite news |title=NDPer wants details on ORNGE |url=http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123294-ndper-wants-details-on-ornge/ |newspaper=Mississauga News |date=January 13, 2012 |page=1 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118011441/https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123294-ndper-wants-details-on-ornge/ |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |url-status=live }}

In June 2015, Singh was chastised by the integrity commissioner for the improper use of legislative resources meant for his constituency office for partisan purposes. The integrity commissioner's report found that in March 2015, Singh had improperly allowed his constituency office in Brampton to organize bus trips to take supporters to a partisan federal NDP rally in Toronto and that Singh's inclusion of a donation link on his constituency website contravened parliamentary convention. Because Singh did not intentionally break the ethics policy and had proactively acted to fix the breaches when alerted, he was not fined or otherwise punished, and the integrity commissioner only recommended that Singh's staff undergo additional training.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/06/26/ndp-deputy-leader-jagmeet-singh-chastised-by-integrity-commissioner.html|title=NDP deputy leader Jagmeet Singh chastised by integrity commissioner|last=Ferguson|first=Rob|date=June 26, 2015|work=Toronto Star|access-date=April 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428113710/http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/06/26/ndp-deputy-leader-jagmeet-singh-chastised-by-integrity-commissioner.html|archive-date=April 28, 2016|url-status=live}}

In December 2016, Singh spoke out against the motion introduced by Progressive Conservative MPP Gila Martow, which called for the legislature to denounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2016/12/01/ontario-mpps-reject-bds-movement |title=Ontario MPPs reject BDS movement |first=Shawn |last=Jeffords |date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=May 16, 2016 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203152222/http://www.torontosun.com/2016/12/01/ontario-mpps-reject-bds-movement |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}

On October 20, 2017, after winning the federal NDP leadership race, Singh resigned as MPP.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/10/20/jagmeet-singh-quits-as-mpp-for-bramalea-gore-malton.html |title=Jagmeet Singh quits as MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton |first=Robert |last=Benzie |work=Toronto Star |date=October 20, 2017 |access-date=October 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023232702/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/10/20/jagmeet-singh-quits-as-mpp-for-bramalea-gore-malton.html |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |url-status=live }}

During the Alberta general election in May 2015, Singh campaigned for the Alberta New Democratic Party, reaching out to voters on behalf of Irfan Sabir, who was running in Calgary-McCall. Sabir was later elected, and was appointed to Premier Rachel Notley's Cabinet as Minister of Social Services.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/02/ontario-ndp-deputy-leader-jagmeet-singh-helped-court-south-asian-vote-in-alberta.html |title=Ontario NDP deputy leader Jagmeet Singh helped court South Asian vote – in Alberta |last=Smith |first=Joanna |date=July 2, 2015 |work=Toronto Star |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424051530/http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/02/ontario-ndp-deputy-leader-jagmeet-singh-helped-court-south-asian-vote-in-alberta.html |archive-date=April 24, 2016 |url-status=live }} Singh also campaigned for the British Columbia NDP and Nova Scotia NDP in those provinces' 2017 elections.{{cite news |last1=Kan |first1=Alan |title=Brampton MPP Jagmeet Singh Set to Run for Federal NDP Leadership |url=https://www.inbrampton.com/brampton-mpp-jagmeet-singh-set-to-run-for-federal-ndp-leadership |access-date=October 2, 2017 |date=May 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030307/https://www.inbrampton.com/brampton-mpp-jagmeet-singh-set-to-run-for-federal-ndp-leadership |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Singh endorsed and campaigned for Wab Kinew in the Manitoba NDP's 2017 leadership race.

Following the death of communist dictator Fidel Castro in October 2017, Singh tweeted "He saw a country wracked by poverty, illiteracy & disease. So he led a revolution that uplifted the lives of millions. RIP #FidelCastro". When challenged about this subsequently, he reiterated his praise for Castro.{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Furey |url= https://torontosun.com/2017/10/14/after-jagmeet-singhs-win-we-need-to-talk-more-about-the-ills-of-socialism |title= After Jagmeet Singh's win, we need to talk more about the ills of socialism |newspaper= Toronto Sun |date= October 14, 2017 |access-date= February 9, 2022 |archive-date= February 9, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220209001356/https://torontosun.com/2017/10/14/after-jagmeet-singhs-win-we-need-to-talk-more-about-the-ills-of-socialism |url-status= live }}{{better source needed|date=November 2024}}

{{Main|2017 New Democratic Party leadership election}}

After Tom Mulcair lost a leadership review vote at the 2016 federal NDP convention, Singh was considered a potential leadership candidate, winning the support of 11 per cent of NDP members in a Mainstreet Research poll conducted in April 2016 and was statistically tied for second place.{{Cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndp-leadership-poll-avi-lewis-jagmeet-singh-and-nathan-cullen-among-those-party-faithful-are-mulling |title=NDP leadership poll: Avi Lewis, Jagmeet Singh and Nathan Cullen are favourites to take party helm |last=Csanady |first=Ashley |date=April 20, 2016 |work=National Post |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423123748/http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/ndp-leadership-poll-avi-lewis-jagmeet-singh-and-nathan-cullen-among-those-party-faithful-are-mulling |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=live }} Singh was also considered a leading candidate to replace Horwath as the Ontario NDP leader if she lost the 42nd Ontario general election.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/08/leaderless-ndp-looks-to-rising-star-jagmeet-singh-cohn.html |title=Leaderless NDP looks to rising star Jagmeet Singh: Cohn |last=Cohn |first=Martin Regg |date=October 8, 2016 |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211105938/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/08/leaderless-ndp-looks-to-rising-star-jagmeet-singh-cohn.html |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live }} He announced his intention to run for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada at a campaign launch on May 15, 2017, in Brampton.{{cite news |last1=Hong |first1=Jackie |title=Peel Region MPP Jagmeet Singh jumps into federal NDP leadership |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/15/peel-region-mpp-jagmeet-singh-to-shake-up-federal-ndp-leadership-race.html |access-date=October 2, 2017 |work=The Toronto Star |date=May 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515192809/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/15/peel-region-mpp-jagmeet-singh-to-shake-up-federal-ndp-leadership-race.html |archive-date=May 15, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In August, Singh created controversy when he claimed that his candidacy had led to 47,000 sign-ups for the party.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-memberships-1.4270139 |title=Jagmeet Singh needed thousands of new members to win NDP leadership race – he might have them |work=CBC News |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911220541/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-memberships-1.4270139 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |url-status=live }} Several rival campaigns, most notably that of Charlie Angus, accused Singh of inflating party membership sign-ups.{{Cite news |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-accused-of-inflating-party-membership-signups |title=Jagmeet Singh accused of inflating party membership signups |date=August 30, 2017 |work=National Post |access-date=September 12, 2017}} A poll by Mainstreet Research was released in September, showing Singh overtaking Charlie Angus to lead the race for the first time with 27.3 per cent of the vote.{{Cite news |url=https://ipolitics.ca/2017/09/11/singh-takes-slim-lead-over-angus-mainstreet-ndp-leadership-poll/ |title=Singh takes slim lead over Angus: Mainstreet NDP leadership poll |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912000340/http://ipolitics.ca/2017/09/11/singh-takes-slim-lead-over-angus-mainstreet-ndp-leadership-poll/ |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Several days before the leadership vote, a video of Singh confronting a heckler, who accused him of plotting to subject Canada to sharia law, went viral, leading to Singh getting praise for his handling of the situation and boosting him in the leadership race.{{cite news |title=A Sikh becomes leader of Canada's left-leaning opposition party |url=https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21729957-ndp-first-party-be-led-member-visible-minority-group |newspaper=The Economist |date=October 7, 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006052809/https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21729957-ndp-first-party-be-led-member-visible-minority-group |archive-date=October 6, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-41231082/canada-s-jagmeet-singh-shows-how-to-handle-a-heckler |title=This is how to handle a heckler |work=BBC News |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913033523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-41231082/canada-s-jagmeet-singh-shows-how-to-handle-a-heckler |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/heckler-who-hurled-racist-comments-at-canadian-sikh-politician-swears-shes-not-racist/ |title=Heckler who hurled racist comments at Canadian Sikh politician swears she's not racist |work=VICE News |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912183321/https://news.vice.com/story/heckler-who-hurled-racist-comments-at-canadian-sikh-politician-swears-shes-not-racist |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/stand-united-against-hate-says-jagmeet-singh-after-heckling-video-goes-viral/story-qRzScRjWu4RksneKNdOgcI.html |title=Stand united against hate, says Jagmeet Singh after heckling video goes viral |date=September 10, 2017 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911191201/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/stand-united-against-hate-says-jagmeet-singh-after-heckling-video-goes-viral/story-qRzScRjWu4RksneKNdOgcI.html |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}

The leadership election was held on October 1, 2017, and Singh won on the first ballot with 53.8 per cent of the vote; Angus came second, Niki Ashton third, and Guy Caron fourth.{{cite web |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-chosen-as-new-federal-ndp-leader/article36451452/ |title=Jagmeet Singh chosen as new federal NDP leader |last=Galloway |first=Gloria |website=The Globe and Mail |date=October 1, 2017 |access-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003231844/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-chosen-as-new-federal-ndp-leader/article36451452/ |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=live }} Soon afterward, Singh named leadership rival Caron as parliamentary leader of the NDP.{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh names Quebec MP Guy Caron as parliamentary leader|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guy-caron-house-leader-1.4327302|work=CBC News|date=October 4, 2017|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228184812/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guy-caron-house-leader-1.4327302|archive-date=February 28, 2018|url-status=live}}

File:Jagmeet Singh at the OFL Convention - 2017 (38554422812).jpg convention several weeks after winning the New Democratic Party leadership election]]Singh initially opted to lead the NDP from outside of Parliament. He indicated that he preferred to run in a seat where he feels a "genuine connection" rather than any "safe" seat. Singh had stated that he would most likely run in Brampton East, which includes the bulk of his old provincial riding, in the 2019 election.{{cite news|last=Grenier|first=Éric|date=January 9, 2018|title=No seat likely to come Jagmeet Singh's way before 2019 unless one is offered to him|work=CBC News|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-seats-1.4477621|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219040041/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-seats-1.4477621|archive-date=February 19, 2018}} Soon after his election as leader, Singh named leadership rival Guy Caron as parliamentary leader of the NDP.

In a December 2017 interview with Bloomberg, Singh explained that he would not rule out working with the Conservatives to topple a federal government led by Trudeau if the NDP held the balance of power in a minority parliament.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-19/trudeau-versus-singh-is-next-battle-for-hearts-of-canada-s-left |title=Trudeau vs. Singh Is Next Battle for Hearts of Canada's Left |date=December 19, 2017 |work=Bloomberg.com |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012137/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-19/trudeau-versus-singh-is-next-battle-for-hearts-of-canada-s-left |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}

In February 2018, Singh suspended Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from the NDP caucus although no direct complaints had been made against him. Singh had 220 emails sent out to women connected with the NDP, as well as appearing on television soliciting complaints against Weir, which ended up receiving 15 complaints of which 11 were dismissed as trivial. Weir was formally expelled from caucus on May 3, 2018, based upon the outcome of the sexual harassment investigation which stated Weir's conduct was described by an investigator as “on the low-end of the scale,” and which would not normally be understood as “sexual harassment.” It was alleged he argued excessively over carbon levies with a staffer of then party leader Tom Mulcair's during a NDP convention and also he stood too close when speaking to people.{{cite news|last1=Tunney|first1=Catharine|title=MP Erin Weir expelled from NDP caucus after harassment investigation|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-weir-caucus-ndp-1.4646224|access-date=May 3, 2018|work=CBC News|date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504004708/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-weir-caucus-ndp-1.4646224|archive-date=May 4, 2018|url-status=live}} In May 2018, a group of 67 former NDP MPs and MLAs from Saskatchewan sent Singh a letter in support of Weir and calling for his reinstatement as an NDP MP.{{cite news|title=Sask. NDPers blast Singh's refusal to reinstate Erin Weir into caucus|website=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-ndpers-blast-singh-s-refusal-to-reinstate-erin-weir-into-caucus-1.4813659|access-date=July 3, 2018|date=September 6, 2018|language=en|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912144231/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-ndpers-blast-singh-s-refusal-to-reinstate-erin-weir-into-caucus-1.4813659|url-status=live}} On September 6, 2018, Singh rejected Weir's request to rejoin the NDP during a meeting in June, despite Weir stating that he had worked with a personal trainer to understand the issues of the complaint.

{{Main|2019 Burnaby South federal by-election}}

On August 8, 2018, Singh announced he would be running in a by-election to replace Kennedy Stewart as the Member of Parliament for Burnaby South. Stewart had resigned in order to make an ultimately successful bid for Mayor of Vancouver.{{cite news|last=Ballingall|first=Alex|date=August 8, 2018|title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to run in B.C. byelection|work=StarMetro Ottawa|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/08/08/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-to-run-in-bc-byelection.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808214458/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/08/08/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-to-run-in-bc-byelection.html|archive-date=August 8, 2018}} Singh relocated to Burnaby for the election{{cite news|date=August 8, 2018|title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to run in Burnaby South byelection|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-to-make-announcement-in-burnaby-1.4777775|url-status=live|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815112559/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-to-make-announcement-in-burnaby-1.4777775|archive-date=August 15, 2018}} and won on February 25, 2019, with 38.9 percent of the vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jagmeet-singh-campaigns-montreal-byelection-1.4957697|title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in Montreal ahead of tough byelection fight|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225211110/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/jagmeet-singh-campaigns-montreal-byelection-1.4957697|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live}}{{force singular}}

{{Main|2019 Canadian federal election}}

File:Jagmeet Singh at Broadview Station (photo by Djuradj Vujcic).jpg in Toronto on October 15, 2019]]

On October 21, 2019, Singh was re-elected to the Burnaby South riding.{{Cite web|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jagmeet-singh-wins-burnaby-south|title=Jagmeet Singh wins seat in BC's Burnaby South riding |website=Daily Hive|language=en|access-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022052028/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/jagmeet-singh-wins-burnaby-south|archive-date=October 22, 2019|url-status=live}} The NDP won 24 seats, down from 44 seats at the 2015 election. However, the incumbent Trudeau Liberal government failed to retain its majority, allowing the NDP to share the balance of power in Parliament.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-left-behind-why-do-jagmeet-singh-and-the-ndp-seem-so-happy-about-the/|title=Left behind: Why do Jagmeet Singh and the NDP seem so happy about the party's crushing defeat?|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217095550/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-left-behind-why-do-jagmeet-singh-and-the-ndp-seem-so-happy-about-the/|archive-date=December 17, 2019|url-status=live}} It was the lowest seat count for the NDP since 2004, and the party was passed by the Bloc Québécois as the third-largest parliamentary party.{{cite news|url=https://election.ctvnews.ca/ndp-bleeds-seats-in-quebec-as-party-sinks-to-fourth-place-1.4649476|title=NDP bleeds seats in Quebec as party sinks to fourth place|publisher=CTV News|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216230937/https://election.ctvnews.ca/ndp-bleeds-seats-in-quebec-as-party-sinks-to-fourth-place-1.4649476|archive-date=December 16, 2019|url-status=live}} The NDP lost all but one of its seats in Quebec, where it was suggested that Singh's Sikhism may have been negatively received by voters in the context of the Quebec ban on religious symbols.{{cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/news/1317816/was-jagmeet-singhs-race-factor-ndp-loss-quebec-tough-tell-say-vancouver-observers|title=Was Jagmeet Singh's race a factor in NDP loss in Quebec? Tough to tell, say Vancouver observers|newspaper=The Georgia Straight|date=October 24, 2019|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217073929/https://www.straight.com/news/1317816/was-jagmeet-singhs-race-factor-ndp-loss-quebec-tough-tell-say-vancouver-observers|archive-date=December 17, 2019|url-status=live}}

{{See also|New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 43rd Parliament of Canada}}

On June 17, 2020, Singh was removed from the House of Commons for the rest of the day after he called Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a "racist" and refused to apologize when Therrien was the sole member to prevent unanimous consent on the second motion concluding systemic racism and discrimination in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) prior to the completion of the public inquiry from Singh's first motion.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-stands-by-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-after-being-removed-from-house-1.4988470|title=Singh stands by calling Bloc MP a racist after being removed from House|website=ctvnews.ca|date=June 17, 2020 |access-date=June 17, 2020|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618003901/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-stands-by-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-after-being-removed-from-house-1.4988470|url-status=live}}

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In August 2021, Singh announced a plan to enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for employees that work under a collective bargaining contract.{{cite news |title=Jagmeet is the only leader with plan to enforce mandatory vaccines |url=https://www.ndp.ca/news/jagmeet-only-leader-plan-enforce-mandatory-vaccines |publisher=New Democratic Party of Canada |date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215154406/https://www.ndp.ca/news/jagmeet-only-leader-plan-enforce-mandatory-vaccines |url-status=live }} Singh made it a campaign promise that "All collective agreements include a process for progressive discipline − up to and including termination. Discipline should always be a last resort, but may be necessary in rare cases to protect the health and safety of Canadians."{{cite news |title=Statement from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on mandatory vaccinations |url=https://www.ndp.ca/news/statement-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-mandatory-vaccinations |publisher=New Democratic Party of Canada |date=August 17, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811082442/https://www.ndp.ca/news/statement-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-mandatory-vaccinations |url-status=live }} On September 5 he returned to the subject in a press conference with the NDP candidate for the riding of Ottawa-Centre. Here he laid out his promise to "[supply] $1 billion in targeted vaccination programs," as well as to create "a national vaccine passport system", to extend pandemic supports, and to strengthen "laws to protect health care workers and those seeking care from harassment and attacks."{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh highlights COVID-19 vaccination plan |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPq8Ncu5Tw |agency=YouTube |publisher=CPAC |date=September 5, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529083205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPq8Ncu5Tw&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2025}} He attracted support from other party leaders including Justin Trudeau and Erin O'Toole.{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh calls for unified message to Canadians on COVID vaccines |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/09/04/jagmeet-singh-calls-for-unified-message-to-canadians-on-covid-vaccines/ |agency=CityNews 680 |publisher=Rogers Media |date=September 4, 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529083221/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/09/04/jagmeet-singh-calls-for-unified-message-to-canadians-on-covid-vaccines/ |url-status=live }}

{{See also|New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada}}

Singh was re-elected with a comfortable majority of slightly more than 4,000 votes to serve in Burnaby-South. The 44th Canadian Parliament made very few changes to its predecessor, and the NDP emerged with its total number of seats almost unchanged at 25.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

On March 22, 2022, the NDP struck a confidence-and-supply agreement with the governing Liberal Party of Canada over certain priorities: the government would “by the end of 2023” implement pharmacare and a "dental care program for low-income Canadians" would be a government priority to be enacted by 2025. The pact was influenced when the Freedom Convoy caused Trudeau to invoke and revoke the Emergencies Act over the vaccine mandate policy then in effect and also by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite news |last1=Lum |first1=Zi-Ann |title=Ottawa Playbook |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook/2022/03/23/how-the-deal-got-done-00019565 |publisher=POLITICO LLC |date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529090047/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook/2022/03/23/how-the-deal-got-done-00019565 |url-status=live }} Amidst the Gaza war, Singh called for the end of arm sales to Israel,{{Cite web |title=Stop Selling Arms until Illegal Occupation Ends. |url=https://www.ndp.ca/peace |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Canada's NDP |language=en}}{{Failed verification|date=March 2025}} and called for the recognition of the State of Palestine.{{Cite news |agency=The Canadian Press |date=February 13, 2024 |title=NDP pushing Liberals to recognize state of Palestine as U.K., U.S. signal openness |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-liberals-palestine-state-1.7114022 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |work=CBC News |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814165812/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-liberals-palestine-state-1.7114022 |url-status=live }} He stated that he considered stepping down as NDP leader in 2023, after he was informed of threats to his life.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/singh-considered-stepping-down-in-2023-after-being-told-of-threat-to-his-life/article_0788326d-97cf-540c-97e4-1b54a9a68b47.html |title=Singh considered stepping down in 2023 after being told of threat to his life |work=Toronto Star |last=Baxter |first=David |agency=The Canadian Press |date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=May 4, 2025 |url-access=subscription}}

The Conservatives accused Singh in attack ads of keeping the Trudeau government in power to secure his parliamentary pension, which he qualified for in 2025, shortly before the federal election.{{Cite news |last=Djuric |first=Mickey |date=July 31, 2024 |title=Jagmeet Singh subject of Conservative attack ads |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-attack-ads-ndp-1.7281519 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |work=CBC News |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814165240/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-attack-ads-ndp-1.7281519 |url-status=live }}

On September 4, 2024, Singh announced that he was ending the 2022 confidence-and-supply agreement, citing discontent with the Liberals' performance on healthcare reforms and affordability measures.{{cite news |title=Jagmeet Singh withdraws support from Justin Trudeau's govt, sparking political turmoil in Canada |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/jagmeet-singh-withdraws-support-from-justin-trudeaus-govt-sparking-political-turmoil-in-canada/articleshow/113090791.cms |access-date=September 6, 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905210216/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/jagmeet-singh-withdraws-support-from-justin-trudeaus-govt-sparking-political-turmoil-in-canada/articleshow/113090791.cms |archive-date=September 5, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |title=Why Canadian politics just got more unpredictable |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3vpp1z91o |access-date=September 6, 2024 |work=BBC News |date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905235537/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3vpp1z91o |archive-date=September 5, 2024|url-status=live}} Later in the month the NDP faced two competitive federal by-elections in Elmwood—Transcona in Winnipeg and LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in Montreal,{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Darren |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Upcoming federal byelections will put Singh and the NDP brand to the test − NDP looking to both hold a Winnipeg seat and pull another away from the Liberals in Montreal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-byelections-test-singh-leadership-1.7317935 |website=CBC News |access-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911094745/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-byelections-test-singh-leadership-1.7317935 |url-status=live }} winning the former and significantly improving their vote share in the latter.

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While Singh's NDP stagnated in most opinion polls following the 2021 federal election, the party experienced a brief jump in support to second place following the collapse of the governing Liberal party, during the 2024–2025 political crisis. However, following Trudeau's resignation in January and Mark Carney's election as Liberal leader, the NDP collapsed in most polls, with most of its support going to the Liberals.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-polling-election-2025-1.7489648 |title=This election, the NDP could be fighting for its own survival |work=CBC News |last1=von Stacklenburg |first1=Marina |last2=Thurton |first2=David |date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=May 4, 2025}} He defended his move to support the Liberal government during the 44th Parliament in an interview with the Toronto Star, saying that he "could not stomach the idea" of a Conservative government.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/to-stop-pierre-poilievre-i-put-canada-before-the-ndp-jagmeet-singh-tells-the-star/article_c9840fc9-69b3-4fba-8bc5-cee3d5b19504.html |title=To stop Pierre Poilievre, I put Canada before the NDP, Jagmeet Singh tells the Star |work=Toronto Star |last=Ramzy |first=Mark |date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=May 4, 2025 |url-access=subscription}} On election night, having been defeated in Burnaby Central and with the NDP trending towards losing official party status, Singh announced that he would step down as party leader once an interim leader was chosen in advance of the next leadership election.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2025 |title=CP NewsAlert: Jagmeet Singh to step down as NDP Leader after losing seat |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/cp-newsalert-jagmeet-singh-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-after-losing-seat/article_fa3b8c61-dfee-52d8-936a-0e18cf6cd122.html |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429203658/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/cp-newsalert-jagmeet-singh-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-after-losing-seat/article_fa3b8c61-dfee-52d8-936a-0e18cf6cd122.html|archive-date=April 29, 2025}} Despite being criticized for his political decisions, Carney praised Singh in his victory speech, saluting his contributions and leaning on progressive values.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pAv8jkrilg&t=98s |title=Full Speech: Mark Carney's victory speech after federal election win |date=April 28, 2025 |last=CityNews |access-date=April 30, 2025 |via=YouTube}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2025}}

On the occasion of the launch of his leadership bid in 2017, Singh branded himself a progressive and a social democrat.

Singh supports decriminalizing the purchase, possession and consumption of psychoactive drugs for personal use as has been the case in Portugal since 2001.{{cite web |last=Woo |first=Andrea |date=September 11, 2017 |title=Jagmeet Singh vows to decriminalize petty drug charges at NDP debate |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-vows-to-decriminalize-petty-drug-charges-at-ndp-debate/article36234415/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914140434/https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-vows-to-decriminalize-petty-drug-charges-at-ndp-debate/article36234415/ |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}{{Cite web|date=September 12, 2021|title=Jagmeet Singh: the ex-lawyer and TikTok star who could topple Trudeau|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/12/jagmeet-singh-the-ex-lawyer-and-tiktok-star-who-could-topple-trudeau|access-date=September 12, 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405122531/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/12/jagmeet-singh-the-ex-lawyer-and-tiktok-star-who-could-topple-trudeau|url-status=live}}

Singh's economic policy states that "millions of Canadians are living in poverty".{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/income_security_agenda |title=Income Security Agenda For Canadians |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042522/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/income_security_agenda |archive-date=December 23, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh supports a progressive tax system{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/tax_fairness_agenda |title=A Tax Fairness Agenda For Canadians |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192902/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/tax_fairness_agenda |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} and supports eliminating several tax deductions available to the highest-income earners and redirect the money to low-income seniors, workers and disabled Canadians.{{Cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2017/08/07/as-jagmeet-singh-emerges-as-front-runner-ndp-race-gets-chippy |title=As Jagmeet Singh emerges as front-runner, NDP race gets chippy |newspaper=Toronto Sun |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192028/http://www.torontosun.com/2017/08/07/as-jagmeet-singh-emerges-as-front-runner-ndp-race-gets-chippy |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh's tax agenda during the 2017 New Democratic Party leadership election included creating new tax brackets for the highest-income earners and raising corporate tax.{{Cite news|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2017/06/11/singh-releases-tax-policies-income-security-agenda-ahead-of-debate/|title=Singh releases tax and income security agenda ahead of debate|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912195104/http://ipolitics.ca/2017/06/11/singh-releases-tax-policies-income-security-agenda-ahead-of-debate/|archive-date=September 12, 2017|url-status=live}}

Singh supports a $20/hour minimum wage, the imposition of Canadian sales taxes on paid on-demand internet video providers (also referred to as a "Netflix tax"),{{Cite news |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jagmeet-singhs-ndp-would-impose-sales-tax-on-netflix/article36536269/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com& |title=Jagmeet Singh's NDP would impose sales tax on Netflix |date=October 10, 2017 |work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=November 8, 2017}} and a universal pharmacare system, stating "universal healthcare is essential when we talk about equality for all Canadians". The NDP have stated that closing tax loopholes on the ultra rich would fund a universal pharmacare program. After the 2018 federal budget was released, Singh criticized the Liberals' plan for research into pharmacare with no funding behind it, calling it "not a plan but a fantasy".{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/video/4051302/federal-budget-2018-ndp-concerned-over-income-equality-pharmacare|publisher=Global News|title=Federal Budget 2018: NDP concerned over income equality, pharmacare|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829001332/https://globalnews.ca/video/4051302/federal-budget-2018-ndp-concerned-over-income-equality-pharmacare|archive-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=live}}

In January 2019, Singh promised to incentivize the building of 500,000 units of affordable housing by removing the federal tax burden on new affordable housing projects.{{cite web |last1=Li |first1=Waynee |last2=Peg |first2=Jenny |title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promises 500,000 affordable housing units if elected prime minister |url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/01/21/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-promises-500000-affordable-housing-units-if-elected-prime-minister.html |publisher=StarMetro Vancouver |date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010654/https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/01/21/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-promises-500000-affordable-housing-units-if-elected-prime-minister.html |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |url-status=live }}

Singh favours reducing Canada's carbon emissions to 30 percent of 2005 levels by 2025. This would be done by assisting provinces with the 2030 "coal phaseout", implementing a zero emissions vehicle agenda, "greening" the tax system by adding subsidies to companies supporting ecology and building a renewable energy super grid.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/green_economy_climate_agenda |title=Green Economy & Climate Agenda |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192808/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/green_economy_climate_agenda |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh also supports creating more accountability in climate change policy by creating an independent officer of parliament mandated to report on interim progress on emission reductions (Climate Change Action Officer or CCAO), tasking the Commissioner of Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) to the Auditor General with gathering data from each province and territory and appointing an advisory group composed of regional and topic-specific experts who will support the CCAO in interpreting data presented by the CESD and assessing implications for climate, energy, and economic policies and regulations.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/strengthening_climate_change_accountability |title=Strengthening Climate Change Accountability |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192830/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/strengthening_climate_change_accountability |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh's opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project was repeatedly condemned by Alberta NDP leader and former Premier of Alberta Rachel Notley.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rachel-notley-calls-out-singh-1.5334646|title=Singh hasn't done his 'research' on value of Trans Mountain to Canada, says Notley|last1=Zimonjic|first1=Peter|last2=Kapelos|first2=Vassy|date=October 24, 2019|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=CBC News|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725095420/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rachel-notley-calls-out-singh-1.5334646|url-status=live}}

Singh criticized Israel's actions during the Gaza war in Gaza.{{cite news |title=Israel close to approving Gaza reunification program before Rafah invasion: Miller |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/palestinian-gaza-program-cap-increase-1.7216082 |work=CBC |date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602152705/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/palestinian-gaza-program-cap-increase-1.7216082 |url-status=live }} In May 2024, he posted a tweet after images of the Tel al-Sultan attack went viral: "Images of the IDFs {{sic}} airstrike hitting a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah are horrifying. Images so terrible I won’t share them. The world is failing the people of Gaza. Canada is failing the people of Gaza."{{Cite web|url=https://aje.io/x8f7er?update=2928686|title=Israel's war on Gaza updates: Rafah hospital closes due to Israeli bombs | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera|access-date=June 2, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007210230/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings?update=2928686|url-status=live}}

In a 2011 interview with Jus Reign, then-federal candidate Singh gave as one of his reasons for entering politics as being to oppose recent comments made by the former premier of British Columbia and federal cabinet minister, Ujjal Dosanjh, himself a Sikh. Dosanjh had recently stated that Sikh extremism was on the rise in Canada and was being abetted by political correctness in the name of diversity.{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Wells |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Where Jagmeet Singh is really coming from |url=https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/where-jagmeet-singh-is-really-coming-from/ |access-date=November 3, 2024 |work=Maclean's |archive-date=October 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241016013714/https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/where-jagmeet-singh-is-really-coming-from/ |url-status=live }}

Singh "spent much of his early political career as an MP {{sic}} in Ontario lobbying the province to recognize India's 1984 anti-Sikh riots as an act of genocide".{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-india-khalistan-sikh-separatism-1.6983554|title=Why Canada is becoming the focus of India's concerns about the Sikh separatist movement|date=October 15, 2023|access-date=October 16, 2024|publisher=CBC News}} In 2016, he introduced a motion into the Ontario legislature recognizing the riots as a genocide; the motion failed but a similar motion introduced by Liberal MPP Harinder Malhi in 2017 succeeded in passing. In 2018, Singh called on the federal government to do likewise.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-declare-genocide-1.4580528|title=NDP leader says Canada should declare anti-Sikh violence in 1984 a genocide|first=Mia|last=Rabson|publisher=CBC News|date=March 16, 2018|access-date=October 16, 2024|archive-date=November 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122022356/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-declare-genocide-1.4580528|url-status=live}}

In 2013, Singh was denied a visa to India for raising the issue of the anti-Sikh riots.{{cite web |last1=Jain |first1=Ajit |title=Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh denied visa to visit India for raising "the issue of the killing of Sikhs in New Delhi |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/ontario-mpp-jagmeet-singh-denied-visa-to-visit-india/article19381180/ |date=June 27, 2014 |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171708/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/ontario-mpp-jagmeet-singh-denied-visa-to-visit-india/article19381180/ |archive-date=February 23, 2018 |url-status=live }} He was reportedly the first Western legislator ever to be denied entry to India.{{cite book|title=The Caravan: February 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARFPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|year=2018|publisher=Delhi Press|page=28|id=GGKEY:GLXX3B0HBWK}} In early 2018, Singh was again denied a visa by the Indian government.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-india-sikh-hindu-tensions-1.4541694|title=Trudeau government moves to mend fences with India over Sikh tensions|publisher=CBC News|date=February 19, 2018|access-date=October 16, 2024|first=Evan|last=Dyer}} He had also reportedly appeared "at various events where others promoted Sikh independence" in the form of the Khalistan movement.

In an October 2017 interview with CBC News, Singh expressed doubts on the findings of the 18-month long inquiry led by former Supreme Court justice John Major into the bombing of Air India Flight 182, which pointed to Talwinder Singh Parmar as the chief terrorist behind the bombing. In this interview, Singh was unwilling to denounce extremists within Canadian Sikhs who pay homage to Parmar as a martyr. In a subsequent interview with CBC on March 18, 2018, Singh reversed his position.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-air-india-bombing-accepts-1.4578030|title=Jagmeet Singh now rejects glorification of Air India bombing mastermind|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|website=CBC News|date=March 18, 2018|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916120718/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-air-india-bombing-accepts-1.4578030|url-status=live}}

Following the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, Singh supported the Canadian government's declaration that Indian government agents had been involved in the killing and stated that it represented "a serious breach of the sovereignty of Canada".{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/singh-indian-government-nijjar-1.6971576|title=Sikh community no longer feels safe after claim India had role in B.C. killing: Singh|publisher=CBC Radio|date=September 19, 2023|access-date=October 16, 2024|first=Padraig|last=Moran}} In 2024, following Canada's expulsion of Indian diplomats in relation to Nijjar's death, he called on the federal government to "implement severe sanctions on Indian diplomats and banish the RSS, a violent, militant, terrorist organization from India".{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-threats-india-rcmp-allegations|title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for MPs to study threats from India amid RCMP allegations|newspaper=National Post|date=October 15, 2024|access-date=October 16, 2024|first=Stephanie|last=Taylor}}

On May 31, 2019, Singh promised that the NDP would build charging stations for electric vehicles at federal buildings and Canada Post locations and offer residents a $600 grant to help pay for home charging stations.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/05/31/ndp-set-to-unveil-15-billion-climate-plan-that-would-slash-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html |title=NDP set to unveil $15-billion climate plan that would slash greenhouse gas emissions |website=Toronto Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006023629/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/05/31/ndp-set-to-unveil-15-billion-climate-plan-that-would-slash-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |url-status=live |date=May 31, 2019}}

Singh initially supported Kitimat's LNG Canada facility supplied by the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in British Columbia that would impact native burial grounds and override unceded lands such as the Wetʼsuwetʼen. After the NDP lost Nanaimo in a May 2019 by-election to the Green Party, Singh quickly changed his position to oppose the LNG natural gas facility.{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/one-week-after-losing-vancouver-island-seat-to-green-party-ndp-leader-singh-changes-tune-says-he-opposes-fracking|title=One week after losing B.C. seat to Green Party, NDP leader Singh now opposes fracking |newspaper=National Post|date=May 13, 2019|language=en-CA|access-date=December 30, 2019|last1=Forrest |first1=Maura }} Singh also began opposing fracking following the lost by-election.

During the Lac-St. Jean by-election campaign which concluded in October 2017, he said he supports Quebec's right of self-determination and agrees with the NDP's 2005 Sherbrooke Declaration, which states, in opposition to the Clarity Act, that Canada should recognize any independence referendum won by Quebec sovereigntists.{{Cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/10/jagmeet-singh-would-respect-quebecs-separation-in-event-of-another-referendum_a_23239276/ |title=Singh Suggests He'd Be Comfortable If Quebec Voted To Separate |date=October 10, 2017 |work=HuffPost Canada |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070254/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/10/10/jagmeet-singh-would-respect-quebecs-separation-in-event-of-another-referendum_a_23239276/ |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}

During the 2019 federal election campaign it was noted that Singh opposed Bill 21 on religious symbols, but also said, "I don't know exactly" if Bill 21 was racist,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-religous-symbols-own-identity-bill-21-quebec-1.5294265|title=Jagmeet Singh hopes to change Quebecers' views on religious symbols|website=CBC News|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704021944/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-religous-symbols-own-identity-bill-21-quebec-1.5294265|url-status=live}} and that there should be no political interference in the existing court challenges of the law.{{cite news |last1=Lao |first1=David |title=Jagmeet Singh wanted to 'show an openness' to Quebec with ad displaying him without a turban |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5906436/jagmeet-singh-quebec-ndp-ad-bill21/ |access-date=December 10, 2020 |work=Global News |publisher=Corus Entertainment |date=September 15, 2019 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706210248/https://globalnews.ca/news/5906436/jagmeet-singh-quebec-ndp-ad-bill21/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author1=The Canadian Press |title=Jagmeet Singh talks discrimination in Quebec as he's told to 'cut his turban off' |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/10/02/jagmeet-singh-talks-discrimination-in-quebec-as-hes-told-to-cut-his-turban-off.html |access-date=December 10, 2020 |work=Toronto Star |publisher=Torstar |date=October 2, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202191619/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/10/02/jagmeet-singh-talks-discrimination-in-quebec-as-hes-told-to-cut-his-turban-off.html |url-status=live }}

Singh has argued Canada should be a republic and that he does not see the relevance of the monarchy in the 21st century.{{cite web |title='I will miss her so': Trudeau mourns the death of Canada's Queen |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-mourns-death-queen-elizabeth-1.6576102 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909083403/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-mourns-death-queen-elizabeth-1.6576102 |url-status=live }}

Recounting a personal experience where he was the subject of racial profiling, Singh has strongly supported legislation for a federal ban on carding, calling the practice a form of systemic racism.{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4125726/jagmeet-singh-carding/|title=Jagmeet Singh says carding is a form of systemic racism, should be banned|publisher=Global News|date=April 5, 2018|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000818/https://globalnews.ca/news/4125726/jagmeet-singh-carding/|archive-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/04/05/jagmeet-singh-carding-police-street-check_a_23404139/|title=Jagmeet Singh Steps Up Call To Ban Police Carding, Recounts Personal Experience With Issue|work=The Huffington Post|date=April 5, 2018|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000223/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/04/05/jagmeet-singh-carding-police-street-check_a_23404139/|archive-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=live}}

When asked at NDP leadership debate in Saskatoon if he would bring back the long-gun registry Singh responded: "It's a difficult question, absolutely. I know that's why it is asked... I also think it's important that we acknowledge regional differences, the fact that there is a different culture between the way things are treated in different regions."{{cite news |last=Raj |first=Althia |date=July 12, 2017 |title=Jagmeet Singh Is Acting Like A Liberal, Charlie Angus Says |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/12/jagmeet-singh-accused-of-acting-like-a-liberal-by-pitching-himse_a_23026261 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419035432/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/07/12/jagmeet-singh-accused-of-acting-like-a-liberal-by-pitching-himse_a_23026261/ |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=July 3, 2021 |website=HuffPo Canada}} Singh has urged Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party to allow cities to ban handguns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/08/02/jagmeet-singh-trudeau-handguns_a_23494782/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNhLw&guce_referrer_cs=09NRbbHRmxLvT_34wW7cCA|title=Huffington Post|work=Jagmeet Singh Pushes Trudeau To Let Cities Ban Handguns Right Now|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000328/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/08/02/jagmeet-singh-trudeau-handguns_a_23494782/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNhLw&guce_referrer_cs=09NRbbHRmxLvT_34wW7cCA|archive-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=live}}

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In March 2015, during the Ontario sex education curriculum controversy, Singh spoke out against changes to the curriculum which included proposed updating on teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity. Singh believes in training the RCMP in "LGBTQIA2S+ competency training" to ensure interactions with law enforcement are not stigmatizing or traumatizing.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/lgbtqi2s_initiatives |title=LGBTQI2S+ Initiatives |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192916/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/lgbtqi2s_initiatives |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh also supports bringing a form of affirmative action for hiring of LGBTQ people and supports more inclusive shelter and transitional housing spaces in service of LGBTQ youth.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/youth_housing_initiative |title=LGBTQI2S+ Youth Housing Initiative |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192910/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/youth_housing_initiative |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Singh advocates for Health Canada conducting research on the health care needs and experiences of LGBTQ patients and advocates for policy changes allowing people to self-declare their gender.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/health_canada |title=Health Canada |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192904/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/health_canada |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }} Singh also supports immediately repealing the de facto ban on blood, tissue and organ donation by men who have sex with men and trans women who have sex with men.{{Cite news |url=http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/repeal_the_blood_ban |title=Repeal the Blood Ban |work=Jagmeet Singh For Leader |access-date=September 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192853/http://www.jagmeetsingh.ca/repeal_the_blood_ban |archive-date=September 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Singh practises Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Singh was recognized by the World Sikh Organization of Canada in their 2012 list of honourees for being the first turbaned Sikh MPP in Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://worldsikh.ca/blog/wso-editor/wsos-2012-list-honorees |title=WSO's 2012 List of Honorees |publisher=World Sikh Organization of Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623050619/http://worldsikh.ca/blog/wso-editor/wsos-2012-list-honorees |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}

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In a November 2017 episode of the TVOntario series Political Blind Date, Singh was paired with former Toronto City Councillor and then-future Premier of Ontario Doug Ford. The pair explored different forms of transportation, with Singh taking Ford on a downtown Toronto bicycle ride while Ford drove Singh along the dedicated streetcar right-of-way on St. Clair Avenue.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/11/14/what-happens-when-doug-ford-and-jagmeet-singh-go-on-a-blind-date.html|title=What happens when Doug Ford and Jagmeet Singh go on a blind date?|work=Toronto Star|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141406/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/11/14/what-happens-when-doug-ford-and-jagmeet-singh-go-on-a-blind-date.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}} Ford said of the experience that the two became friends, and Singh said Ford was "very warm and friendly".{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/11/15/he-cycled-on-our-date-and-then-hopped-into-his-bmw-doug-ford-and-jagmeet-singh-rate-their-blind-date.html|title='He cycled on our date and then hopped into his BMW': Doug Ford and Jagmeet Singh rate their blind date |work=Toronto Star|access-date=June 7, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142800/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/11/15/he-cycled-on-our-date-and-then-hopped-into-his-bmw-doug-ford-and-jagmeet-singh-rate-their-blind-date.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}} Jagmeet Singh is an avid cyclist and owns six designer bicycles.{{Cite web|first=Luis|last=Mora|date=February 14, 2018|title=Behind the scenes with Jagmeet Singh, the left's greatest showman|url=https://torontolife.com/city/life/behind-the-scenes-with-jagmeet-singh/|access-date=April 25, 2021|website=Toronto Life|language=en-US|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101050304/https://torontolife.com/city/life/behind-the-scenes-with-jagmeet-singh/|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Singh became engaged to Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, a fashion designer and co-founder of Jangiiro, a Punjabi clothing line.{{cite news |last1=Frisk |first1=Adam |title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, spouse Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu expecting first child |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-spouse-gurkiran-kaur-sidhu-expecting-first-child-1.5544771 |access-date=January 7, 2022 |publisher=CTV Television Network |date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405122531/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-spouse-gurkiran-kaur-sidhu-expecting-first-child-1.5544771 |url-status=live}} He proposed to her at the vegetarian restaurant where they had their first date, in front of friends, family, and members of the media that Singh had invited.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/01/16/federal-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-pops-the-question-and-gurkiran-kaur-says-yes.html |title=Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pops the question and Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu says yes! |last=Jeffords |first=Shawn |date=January 16, 2018 |work=The Toronto Star |access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117042323/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/01/16/federal-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-pops-the-question-and-gurkiran-kaur-says-yes.html |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |url-status=live }} The pair married on February 22, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-married-1.4538483|title=NDP leader marries clothing designer Gurkiran Kaur|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726163906/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-married-1.4538483|archive-date=July 26, 2018|url-status=live}} In August 2021, they announced that they were expecting a child, a daughter named Anhad, born in January 2022.{{Cite web|date=January 6, 2022|title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, wife welcome new baby girl|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-wife-welcome-new-baby-girl-1.5730182|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=CTVNews|language=en|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107070535/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-wife-welcome-new-baby-girl-1.5730182|url-status=live}} In July 2023, they announced that they were expecting a second child, a daughter born in December 2023.{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-second-baby-born-1.7059267 | title=NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, wife Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu welcome second baby girl | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214223359/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/singh-second-baby-born-1.7059267 | archive-date=December 14, 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.narcity.com/jagmeet-singh-gurkiran-kaur-are-expecting-baby-no-2 |title=Jagmeet Singh & Gurkiran Kaur Are Expecting Baby No. 2 & the Announcement Was So Cute |website=Narcity |access-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214223359/https://www.narcity.com/jagmeet-singh-gurkiran-kaur-are-expecting-baby-no-2 |url-status=live}}

On April 26, 2025, Singh attended the Lapu-Lapu Day Block Party, which is an event honouring Filipino heritage, in Vancouver. He left minutes before a vehicle-ramming attack occurred at the event. He said, "I just want the Filipino community to know that we stand with you."{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/multiple-dead-injured-after-vehicle-drives-into-filipino-block-party-in-vancouver/|title=Several killed, suspect arrested after vehicle plows into Filipino street festival in Vancouver, police say|website=CTV News|date=April 27, 2025|access-date=April 27, 2025}}

Singh is fluent in English, French, and Punjabi.{{cite news |title=Ontario's Jagmeet Singh Responds to Racist Accusations with "Love and Courage" |publisher=Flare |date=September 10, 2017 |first=Ava |last=Baccari |url=https://www.flare.com/news/jagmeet-singh-instagram/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710180628/http://www.flare.com/news/jagmeet-singh-instagram/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=May 19, 2019 }}

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{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Kuldip Kular|17,873|33.68|+0.75}}

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{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Kuldip Kular|14,349|32.93|−14.07}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Sanjeev Maingi|9,896|22.71|−6.65}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Pauline Thornham|1,091|2.50|−7.63}}

{{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Joy Lee|738|1.69|}}

{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Archie McLachlan|491|1.13|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Family Coalition|Linda O'Marra|381|0.87|−0.29}}

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• {{Cite news |last=Kassam |first=Ashifa |date=December 20, 2017 |title=Jagmeet Singh: Canada's Pioneering Party Leader on Building Unity Amid Division |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/20/jagmeet-singh-canadas-pioneering-party-leader-on-building-unity-amid-division |work=The Guardian |location=Toronto}}

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