Hundreds of Southern Interior residents turned up for the Jagmeet Singh rally in Penticton on Oct. 19, and the messaging was from the NDP leader was clear - he is ready to represent the nation乌鸦传媒檚 middle class.
The event took place in the South Okanagan - West Kootenay riding to endorse local candidate and incumbent Richard Cannings. According to recent polls by 338Canada, the riding is in a dead heat between the NDP and the Conservative Party.
Joan Phillips, the NDP candidate in the Central Okanagan乌鸦传媒揝imilkameen乌鸦传媒揘icola riding, Justin Kulik, the NDP candidate in the Kelowna乌鸦传媒揕ake Country riding, and Harwinder Sandhu, the NDP candidate in North Okanagan 乌鸦传媒� Shuswap riding were also in attendance on Saturday night.
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Phillips introduced Singh, warming up the crowd by comparing the party and herself to Robin Hood, by taking from the rich to distribute to the poor. And Singh carried this messaging throughout his speech as well.
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Singh also broke down the rhetoric that the choice in this election is between the Liberal Party and Conservative Party, saying these parties don乌鸦传媒檛 own residents votes and they 乌鸦传媒渃an demand more from these parties because they don乌鸦传媒檛 own this country.乌鸦传媒�
He finished by summarizing what his entire campaign has been about, stating he 乌鸦传媒渃hooses you乌鸦传媒� over the wealthy residents and big corporations.
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