Jagmeet Singh
Canadian politician
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| 2025 | Preparing for the 2025 federal election with reduced polling support compared to previous periods |
| 2025 | Proposed target to reduce Canada's carbon emissions to 30 percent of 2005 levels, involving a comprehensive climate change strategy including coal phaseout, zero emissions vehicle agenda, and renewable energy initiatives. |
| January 2025 | After Justin Trudeau's resignation and Mark Carney's election as Liberal leader, the NDP experienced a significant drop in poll support |
| 2024 | NDP briefly gained second place in polls during the 2024-25 political crisis, following the collapse of the governing Liberal party |
| September 2024 | Led the NDP through two competitive federal by-elections, winning in Elmwood—Transcona and improving vote share in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun |
| September 4 2024 | Announced the termination of the 2022 confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals, citing dissatisfaction with healthcare reforms and affordability measures |
| May 2024 | Criticized Israel's actions during the Israel-Hamas war, posting a tweet condemning the airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Rafah. |
| 2023 | Supported the Canadian government's declaration that Indian government agents were involved in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. |
| December 2023 | Welcomed his second daughter. |
| July 2023 | Announced that he and his wife were expecting their second child, another daughter. |
| March 22 2022 | NDP struck a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberal Party of Canada, focusing on implementing pharmacare and a dental care program for low-income Canadians |
| January 2022 | Welcomed his first daughter, named Anhad. |
| 2021 | Led the NDP in the federal election, gaining one seat and remaining the fourth party in Parliament. |
| 2021 | Singh again led the New Democratic Party in the federal general election, increasing the party's vote share to 3,036,348 votes (17.82%), gaining 1 seat while remaining the fourth party in Parliament. |
| September 5 2021 | Held a press conference in Ottawa-Centre to outline COVID-19 pandemic response plan, including a $1 billion targeted vaccination program, national vaccine passport system, and extended pandemic supports |
| August 2021 | Announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child, a daughter. |
| June 17 2020 | Singh was removed from the House of Commons for the remainder of the day after calling Bloc Québécois MP Alain Therrien a 'racist' and refusing to apologize following Therrien's opposition to a motion addressing systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. |
| 2019 | Jagmeet Singh led the New Democratic Party in the federal general election, receiving 2,903,722 votes (15.98% of the total), which resulted in a loss of 20 seats and maintained the party's position as the fourth party in Parliament. |
| 2019 | During the federal election campaign, Singh took a stance against Bill 21 on religious symbols, though he was equivocal about labeling the bill as racist, and advocated for allowing existing court challenges to proceed without political interference. |
| October 21 2019 | Singh was re-elected to the Burnaby South riding in the federal election. The NDP won 24 seats, becoming part of the balance of power in Parliament despite losing seats compared to the 2015 election. |
| May 2019 | After losing the Nanaimo by-election to the Green Party, Singh changed his political stance, shifting from supporting the Kitimat's LNG Canada facility to opposing it, and also began opposing fracking. |
| May 31 2019 | Jagmeet Singh promised the NDP would implement a plan to build electric vehicle charging stations at federal buildings and Canada Post locations, and offer a $600 grant to residents for home charging stations. |
| February 25 2019 | Won the Burnaby South by-election with 38.9 percent of the vote, successfully becoming the Member of Parliament for the riding. |
| January 2019 | Singh promised to incentivize the construction of 500,000 affordable housing units by removing the federal tax burden on new affordable housing projects. |
| 2018 | Singh criticized the Liberal federal budget's pharmacare research plan, calling it 'not a plan but a fantasy' due to lack of funding. |
| 2018 | Denied a visa by the Indian government and called on the federal government to recognize the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide. |
| 2018 | His brother Gurratan Singh was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brampton East. |
| September 6 2018 | Singh rejected Weir's request to rejoin the NDP during a meeting, despite Weir's claims of working with a personal trainer to address the complaint. |
| August 8 2018 | Announced his candidacy for the Burnaby South by-election, seeking to become a Member of Parliament by replacing Kennedy Stewart. |
| May 2018 | A group of 67 former NDP MPs and MLAs from Saskatchewan sent Singh a letter supporting Weir and calling for his reinstatement. |
| May 3 2018 | Erin Weir was formally expelled from the NDP caucus following a sexual harassment investigation that described his conduct as 'on the low-end of the scale'. |
| March 18 2018 | Reversed his previous position in a CBC interview regarding the Air India Flight 182 bombing inquiry. |
| February 2018 | Singh suspended Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir from the NDP caucus after sending out 220 emails to women connected with the NDP and soliciting complaints against Weir. |
| February 22 2018 | Married Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu in a ceremony attended by friends, family, and media. |
| January 2018 | Became engaged to Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, a fashion designer, proposing at the vegetarian restaurant where they had their first date. |
| 2017 | Endorsed and campaigned for Wab Kinew in the Manitoba NDP leadership race. |
| 2017 | During the New Democratic Party leadership election, Singh proposed creating new tax brackets for highest-income earners and advocated for raising corporate tax as part of his economic policy platform. |
| 2017 | Campaigned for the British Columbia NDP and Nova Scotia NDP during their provincial elections. |
| December 2017 | In a Bloomberg interview, Singh stated he would not rule out working with the Conservatives to potentially topple a federal government led by Trudeau in a minority parliament scenario. |
| November 2017 | Appeared on TVOntario's Political Blind Date with Doug Ford, exploring different forms of transportation and developing a friendly rapport. |
| October 2017 | Publicly praised Fidel Castro after his death, tweeting about Castro's revolutionary leadership and social impact, and defending his comments when challenged. |
| October 2017 | In an interview with CBC News, expressed doubts about the findings of the Air India Flight 182 bombing inquiry, initially refusing to denounce extremists who pay homage to Talwinder Singh Parmar. |
| October 2017 | During the Lac-St. Jean by-election campaign, Jagmeet Singh publicly expressed support for Quebec's right of self-determination, aligning with the NDP's 2005 Sherbrooke Declaration and challenging the Clarity Act's stance on Quebec independence. |
| October 20 2017 | Singh resigned as MPP after winning the federal NDP leadership race. |
| October 1 2017 | Elected leader of the federal NDP on the first ballot, winning 53.8% of the vote. Defeated Charlie Angus (second place), Niki Ashton (third), and Guy Caron (fourth). |
| October 1 2017 | Elected leader of the federal New Democratic Party, winning in the first round with 53.8 percent of the vote, becoming the first Sikh to lead a major federal political party in Canada. |
| September 2017 | Overtook Charlie Angus to lead the NDP leadership race with 27.3% of the vote, according to a Mainstreet Research poll. |
| May 15 2017 | Announced his intention to run for leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada in a campaign launch in Brampton. |
| 2016 | Introduced a motion in the Ontario legislature to recognize India's 1984 anti-Sikh riots as an act of genocide, though the motion failed. |
| December 2016 | Singh spoke out against a Progressive Conservative motion to denounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. |
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