His decision brings to 12 the number of NDP MPs elected in 2015 who aren’t running again
OTTAWA — The federal NDP is losing another member of its team just days after Leader Jagmeet Singh finally won a seat in the House of Commons in a make-or-break byelection.
Rankin said he “absolutely” supports Singh’s leadership, and said he hopes the party is on an “upward incline” since Singh won the Burnaby South byelection on Monday with 39 per cent of the vote. In 2017, Rankin was also named to the national security committee of parliamentarians, tasked with overseeing Canada’s security and intelligence agencies.
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