Canada's NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, promises to "serve the people" Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), thanks his supporters and promises to "serve the people" as the leftist former criminal defense lawyer becomes the first non-white leader of a federal political party in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party held onto power in a nail-biter of a general election, but as a weakened minority government. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES