OTTAWA—Jagmeet Singh found himself under fire from several of his fellow federal NDP leadership hopefuls on Sunday, in what could be an early sign that his rivals consider him to be the candidate to beat. MP Peter Julian both raised the issue in pointed questions to Singh, who stepped down as Ontario’s NDP deputy leader to run for the federal party’s leadership. I’ll continue to fight on the federal level, as I have done before.”Federal NDP members will vote in October on who will replace Tom Mulcair as the party’s next leader. Angus also went after Ashton and Julian for their plans to offer free tuition for students, questioning where they would find the money. There are four more leadership debates scheduled, with the next to take place in Saskatoon on July 11.

Source: thestar June 12, 2017 01:18 UTC