Jagmeet Singh isn’t a hypocrite. He is a great political leader who will not only become the NDP leader for sure, but hopefully someday Prime Minister too. Now don’t get me wrong, I like Trudeau a lot and wouldn’t mind a Liberal government under Trudeau for decades to come. I’m not a leftist but rather more of a liberal centrist with a libertarian streak. That means I prefer low taxes, small government, privatization as much as possible, maximum civil liberty, and overall a free market with free trade and an open door immigration policy. But I recognize that Jagmeet Singh is the strongest voice against racism and bigotry at the moment, and these are the most pressing issues of the day. As a fellow South Asian, I’m naturally inclined to Jagmeet Singh and sincerely hope he becomes more influential in politics. He’s still relatively young, 38 years old, and I can see he has a bright future in federal politics. We need more young, cosmopolitan, racial minority, charismatic figures like him. The NDP will pass into oblivion if it chooses anyone else besides Jagmeet. The NDP needs to acquire the support of people like me, young, Middle Class, South Asian visible minority, cosmopolitan, from the growing Peel Region of Ontario. Otherwise the NDP has no future, simple as that. At present, the NDP old timers are resistant to Jagmeet Singh for two reasons: 1. They simply don’t want a South Asian in command of their party, they use the excuse “Quebec won’t accept him”, but in reality, they themselves aren’t ready for a non-White at the helm, and 2. They claim Jagmeet isn’t radical leftist enough. But that’s actually a good thing. We need someone like Jagmeet to mainstream the NDP and bring it closer to the center, especially on economic issues.