this article also explains why he has long odds to win in 2019, at all. and, then what?

the ndp have found themselves in a position that i last remember seeing in canadian politics with the old progressive conservatives, when joe clark had to ask somebody to step aside to give them his seat. the party only managed to recover to the point that they could organize a merger with the reform party. whatever happens to the ndp, the canadian left needs some kind of serious renewal, likely in a new party.

what can they do in this mess?

well, there's two choices, really, within our parliamentarian tradition, and they rely on the strength of the leadership. grenier doesn't think that singh will ask masse or hardcastle to step down. what that means is that grenier doesn't think that singh is powerful enough in his own party to take a seat away from an incumbent. yet, that is, in fact, the parliamentarian tradition in this circumstance, where the leadership is powerful enough - and clark is one example of that happening. if grenier is right, and singh is not able to command a seat from a backbencher, then the party must pass a vote of non-confidence, and have singh removed as leader.

what's happening right now, where there are two entities moving in different directions, is not within the parliamentary tradition of canada. there's no way to describe this than watching the party implode and collapse.

somebody needs to take charge. either singh has control of the party and can get a seat from a backbencher, or he does not have the confidence of the party, and should be removed from the leadership.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-singh-seats-1.4477621

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.