Navneet Alang

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For voters like me, Jagmeet Singh wasn’t just NDP leader — and that makes his failure hurt all the more

For voters like me, Jagmeet Singh wasn’t just NDP leader — and that makes his failure hurt all the more

There was Jagmeet Singh up on the screen, being his affable, if highly practised, self at a virtual meeting with us here on the editorial board of the Star. As he made his case to a roomful of seasoned journalists, a tiny, rebellious corner of my brain urged me to do something ridiculous: ask him a question in Punjabi. I...

As a Sikh, Jagmeet Singh is an inspiration to me. He still has to go.

As a Sikh, Jagmeet Singh is an inspiration to me. He still has to go.

I forget exactly how it happened, but a few months ago, on a patio in Toronto’s west end, the name Rupi Kaur arose. Kaur is a Brampton poet who, though globally popular, is often derided by literary snobs. Never having been a fan of her work, I said something dismissive about her to the group of mostly white, arty and...