Jaswant Singh Khaira: Cultural Communities

Tom Mulcair Dept: Shortly after New Democrats passed a motion to recognize Sikh human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khaira during their policy convention over the weekend, leader Tom Mulcair was in the crowd gladhanding with South Asian delegates, according to Calgary Herald. We re doing the groundwork, we re reaching out beyond our traditional base, we re working with those cultural communities, we re connecting with people who share our values and we re going to make sure that they understand that we re going to be there for them after the election when we form the government, he said and OTTAWA The NDP appears to be taking a page out of the Conservative handbook, reaching out to ethnic communities in a bid to expand its base. After pointing out the presence of many cultural communities at the convention, he indicated to reporters that the vote-rich, multicultural 905 region surrounding Toronto would be a key battleground in the next election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.