Faced with President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff threats against Canada this week, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh shifted his campaign plans and headed to Windsor to stand with affected auto workers. Now Singh needs to shift again but this time to deal with the near existential threat his party is facing.
Public opinion surveys show support for the NDP has fallen into Green party territory. The Star’s polling aggregator, The Signal, has the NDP at 7.3 per cent. Recent Mainstreet and Léger polls have the NDP at six per cent nationally, while Abacus has the party at 11 per cent.
But Abacus’ numbers also hold more terrible news for the party.
