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Collected Item: “Working Canadians should not pay for the pandemic, Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada”

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Working Canadians should not pay for the pandemic, Jagmeet Singh

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This tweet from NDP political leader Jagmeet Singh highlights his belief that working Canadians should not pay for the pandemic. Singh and the NDP tried to use this rhetoric to implement a wealth tax on Canadians making more than 20 mil. annually.

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https://twitter.com/theJagmeetSingh/status/1328405726532947968

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Jagmeet Singh

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2020-11-16
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