Singh urges New Democrats to 'hold the line' in key battleground ridings

NDP person Jagmeet Singh is calling connected voters to assistance the New Democrats "hold the line" — a awesome the enactment is connected the antiaircraft and warring to prevention the seats it has.

"In this election, British Columbians volition determine what happens next. Whether Mark Carney gets a supermajority, oregon whether determination are capable New Democrats successful Parliament to clasp the line," Singh told 400 cheering supporters Monday nighttime astatine the party's archetypal rally of the run successful Metro Vancouver.

B.C. is captious to the New Democrats' survival, with fractional of the party's 24 seats successful that province.

The NDP has besides been telling undecided progressive voters successful that portion of the state that they request to formed their ballots for New Democrats to debar splitting the ballot with the Liberals and unintentionally electing a Conservative. 

Singh has spent the past 4 days trying to enactment up enactment connected the West Coast, including successful his ain riding of Burnaby Centre where helium campaigned for the 3rd clip this election. 

WATCH | Singh says B.C. voters person the powerfulness to contradict Carney a supermajority

CBC 's Poll Tracker suggests Singh's spot is astatine risk, with the NDP projected to perchance suffer authoritative enactment status. Singh was asked Tuesday by reporters successful Vancouver if he'd resign if that happens.

"I'm not looking to aft the predetermination close now, I'm focused connected the predetermination successful beforehand of me," Singh said — a akin effect to 1 he's fixed passim the campaign.

He said he's acceptable to fight, but besides offered a tidbit that could foreshadow his ain future.

"It's been the honour of my beingness to present dental care, helping millions of Canadians, seniors and kids," helium said.

Campaign gearing up

After what's sometimes been a sleepy commencement to the NDP campaign, the past fewer days person seen Singh's squad ratchet things up with much frequent events that are some bigger and much energetic.

On Monday, Singh was introduced by longtime erstwhile Vancouver East MP Libby Davies who told supporters to punctual voters astatine the doorstep astir what happened successful 1993.

That's erstwhile the NDP mislaid authoritative enactment status, falling beneath the minimum request of 12 MPs successful the House of Commons.

Because of that, Davies said the New Democrats lacked the powerfulness to combat backmost against cuts the Liberal authorities made to societal programs.

"Some existent crap went down," Davies said. "We were there, but we didn't person enactment status. And truthful this is simply a truly important happening that we person to punctual radical arsenic we're retired determination voting successful this past week."

In this last stretch, the leader's run has been looping backmost to cardinal ridings, many of which Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has besides visited.

That includes the NDP's rally Tuesday nighttime successful Edmonton Centre, a riding that's often a choky three-way race, presently held by the Liberals.

Singh was introduced determination by Alberta's erstwhile NDP premier Rachel Notley, who amped the records of the 2 New Democrat MPs who clasp Edmonton seats.

"Jagmeet Singh has delivered much with conscionable 2 Alberta MPs than 30 Conservatives wasting their enactment connected slogans and stunts," Notley told 200 supporters.

Another motion the NDP is playing defence: On Wednesday, the run heads backmost to Winnipeg wherever 1 riding could go a cardinal battleground betwixt the bluish and orangish teams.

The New Democrats person held the working-class suburb of Elmwood-Transcona astir consistently since the 1980s, but lone won the caller byelection determination past September by 4 percent points.