NDP MPP Bramalea-Gore-Malton

Ontario NDP deputy leader: The only way South Asians knew about the NDP was through me, says Singh, the Ontario NDP deputy leader and MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, who will be the first to tell you that his reputation extends beyond the boundaries of his riding, according to The Chronicle Herald. Singh, a criminal defence lawyer elected to Queen Park in 2011, was asked to head out west to help boost the profile of Irfan Sabir, who is now minister of human services, in the riding of Calgary-McCall during the spring election there. Brand recognition was very low. Singh says he looking forward to helping out his federal cousins wherever he can during the fall election, too. Anne McGrath, national campaign director for the NDP in the Oct. 19 federal election, said Singh is a key part of their team and that she would be happy to have him help out. I’m going to try to have a presence outside the GTA, wherever I can go, wherever I can talk to folks that I can connect with, said Singh, whose organizing and fundraising efforts surrounding a visit by federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair recently got him into trouble with the Ontario integrity commissioner for using his taxpayer-funded constituency office for partisan purposes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.