OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh said he was stepping down as NDP leader on Monday night after suffering a resounding defeat on election night, losing his own seat and seeing his party reduced to a single digit seat count.
When Singh took the stage to speak to a crowd of supporters in Burnaby, B.C. he was in third place in his riding, trailing both the Conservative and Liberal candidate.
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