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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh returns to Penticton Oct. 19

He is hosting a rally to boost local NDP candidate Richard Cannings91Ƶ campaign efforts
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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is returning to Penticton on Oct. 19 to host a rally at the Penticton Lakeside Resort with local candidate Richard Cannings. Cannings is currently favoured to win the South Okanagan 91Ƶ West Kootenay riding according to 338Canada. (Contributed)

For the second time this election season, Jagmeet Singh will be visiting Penticton.

The leader of the New Democrat Party is scheduled to host a rally billed 91ƵJagmeet Rocks Penticton91Ƶ at the Penticton Lakeside Resort on Oct. 19 from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. and, according to organizers, hundreds are expected to attend. The rally will take place in the hotel91Ƶs Salon A, but may expand into other rooms depending on the number of attendees.

Singh was last in the riding in August, when he attended a Penticton Vees game, cycled the KVR trail, and held a rally at Linden Gardens. Since then, and following his national debate performances, South Okanagan 91Ƶ West Kootenay NDP candidate Richard Canning91Ƶs campaign team said they91Ƶve seen local momentum 91Ƶsurge.91Ƶ

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91ƵWe keep hearing, ABC91Ƶ said Tina Lee from the Cannings campaign team in a release. 91ƵAnything but Conservative. From GreenPAC to Fair Vote, progressive groups have endorsed Richard. He is the only one that can defeat the Conservatives in this riding. Nobody wants to go back to the Harper era of cuts to our services and climate change inaction. They know that means voting for Richard 91Ƶ they trust him.91Ƶ

According to , as of Oct. 16 it is currently a 91Ƶtoss up91Ƶ in the riding between the NDP and the Conservative Party, with the former favoured with 70 per cent chance of winning. The poll analysis and electoral projections website has Cannings sitting at 33.3 per cent of the popular vote and Helena Konanz, the Conservative candidate, close behind at 30.1 per cent.

Joan Phillips, the Central Okanagan 91Ƶ Similkameen Nicola NDP candidate, Justin Kulik, the Kelowna 91Ƶ Lake Country NDP candidate and Harwinder Sandhu, the North Okanagan 91Ƶ Shuswap NDP candidate will all be attending the rally as well.

91ƵWe are offering voters a chance to vote for something, for action on climate change, for expanding services including national pharmacare, childcare, and senior91Ƶs care to make life more affordable for those struggling. As Jagmeet pointed out, there is a choice other than denial and delay. I have a record of cooperation in government and I91Ƶm asking voters to keep a progressive MP in Ottawa to be part of Jagmeet91Ƶs team91Ƶ said Cannings in a release.

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