The Life of Jagmeet Singh

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He may have not unseated Justin Trudeau to become Canada’s new leader, but Jagmeet Singh has cemented himself as one of the country’s progressive leaders to watch. This is his story.

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00:00I want you to know that you have value, you have worth, and you are loved.

00:30We have to be consistently, as New Democrats, in favor of defending the rights of all people.

01:00Families need help now.

01:28And that's why we've put forward some urgent priorities that we will work on right away.

01:32That includes investments in housing, in healthcare, helping students, tackling cell phone prices,

01:39and real and urgent action on fighting the climate crisis.

01:45You should cut your turban off and you look like a Canadian.

01:54I think Canadians look like all sorts of people.

01:57That's the beauty of Canada.

02:13What do we believe in?

02:14We believe in love and courage, right?

02:16Love and courage.

02:46The people who see this image are going to think about all the times in their life that

02:54they were made fun of, that they were hurt, that they were hit, that they were insulted,

03:00that they were made to feel less because of who they are.

03:04And I want to talk to those people right now.

03:06Please don't give up on yourselves.

03:19A region that's been plagued with massive human rights violations, I think that first

03:23and foremost, we've got to put international pressure on making sure people's human rights

03:27are protected, that there isn't going to be a massive damage and perhaps horrible violations

03:34against the British people.

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