“When I got that threat, I was floored,” he said. “When I started thinking about what it meant for me and my family, that I was the target of a real threat to my life, I had the chills.”
At the time his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, was pregnant with their second daughter. His older daughter was then almost two years old.
“For the first number of days, I just stayed in the basement because they advised me to stay away from windows,” he said. “It was a pretty serious thing.”
Singh said he had some very “tough talks” with his wife about whether or not to remain at the party helm, noting the reason for the threats was his position as “a prominent elected official.”
The NDP leader said he ultimately decided to stay on because he had more he wanted to do, including finalizing the national dental care program the party pushed the Liberals to implement.
Singh said the RCMP did not say where the threats to his life came from but the “implication” was they originated from a foreign government.
I feel like there was a change in his demeanour in the last couple of years. It really showed up when he confronted that heckler on Parliament Hill. Not that the heckler didn’t deserve it, or more tbh, but it just felt out of character for Singh. I mean, it was the kind of thing I would do… I really started to think he was on his way out at that point.
I think he did a good job as the leader of the NDP, and given the fear (on the left) of the Conservatives winning and the resultant strategic voting, I don’t think many could have done a better job for the NDP in this election. He certainly used his third party prop power very effectively in the last few years.
I hope he can live in peace outside politics. He seems like a genuinely good dude.
That’s the same incident I thought of, too. It seems that the V for Vendetta maxim “governments should be afraid of the people” is being weaponized to paralyze democracy by turning people away from elected offices. It’s as if we gave up on accountability and went straight to intimidation.
Interesting. I wonder if it was India.
That’s what the article sort of implies:
Singh said the RCMP did not say where the threats to his life came from but the “implication” was they originated from a foreign government.
I would be surprised if it wasn’t.
I’m sure he’s saying it to imply India, but that’s never been India’s MO. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/indian-government-assassination-allegations-pakistan-intelligence-officials
“Analysts believe Pakistani authorities have been reluctant to publicly acknowledge the killings as most of the targets are known terrorists and associates of outlawed militant groups that Islamabad has long denied sheltering.”
It’s a lot easier for India to manage killing know gangsters and outlaws, but political assassinations puts a stain on your name that is hard to wash off in Indian political circles. And India is back to coalition politics, where centrist policies get the most media attention and these events would unnecessarily mar whatever Modi wants/has planned
Are you kidding? India has been doing hits on Canadian soil for years, just look at the news. They even had a whole public political spat a few years back because of it. The article you linked even shows 20 accussed killings, not sure what point your trying to make other than you don’t think they will kill a high profile political opponent because it looks bad.
They certainly have no issues killing on foreign soil…
Could be or it could be racist. Many people online keep talking about his turban negatively
Yeah but from another country?
Ugh I still remember the idiot in Brampton accusing him of being part of the “Muslim Brotherhood”.
I never heard one negative thing about him, except people lying about him and taking his words out of context.
