Singh says he’d ‘have to’ look at Bill 21 as PM if it goes to Supreme Court 'I don't believe in interfering with the court decision right now,' says Singh

October 8, 2019   

(CBC) NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said today that, if he’s elected prime minister, he’d have to get involved in Quebec’s controversial secularism law if it makes it all the way up to the Supreme Court.

He also said this morning that he has no plans to intervene until then.

“One thing I want to make really clear is I don’t believe in interfering with the court decision right now,” Singh said Tuesday morning when pressed by reporters to clarify what appeared to be a shift in his stance.

“This is just a repetition of facts. When there is something that ends up in front of the Supreme Court, the government has the right to review what is going on. My position has not changed.”

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