The elephant in the room

With all the columns and opinions about why the NDP is in the toilet, no one mentions the obvious:  Jagmeet Singh wears his religion on his sleeve, so to speak.  Governments are secular institutions, not religious, and the essential principle of the "Separation between Church and State" is sacrosanct. 

Citizens must not know the religion of a political leader or public servant when accessing a public service, i.e., a service paid for by the public.  Google it, it's all there.  Such services are to be dispensed objectively and without any indication of what religion the employee holds.  That is why the historic crucifix in the Quebec Assembly has been removed.  It's also why the bill passed by Quebec bans the wearing of hijabs, niqabs, kirpas and burkhas by teachers, nurses, driver examiners....you name it.  They cannot be worn.   

With the NDP leader, this is not the case.  We know his religion and we should not.  Did everyone skip that class in high school?!  And it has nothing to do with one religion or another.  Church and State must be separate.  Until very recently, Quebec was run by the Catholic Church, which also, for all intents and purposes, ran the government.  No longer.  But in spite of this, Singh has doubled down on his religion by appearing in ads with his hair exposed and donning a turban.  The whole campaign will be dominated by the fact he is a Sikh.

How dumb and undemocratic.  I told you a while ago that he was elected leader of the NDP by Sikhs who joined the party just before the leadership convention, got him elected and then buggered off.  Too bad they didn't fill the party's empty coffers before they headed for the hills because the party is bankrupt. 

Singh may not even win his seat and I predict the NDP will not even get official party status in this election.  Traditional NDPers like Charlie Angus and Nathan Cullen are effed.  Cullen isn't even going to run, along with scores of others.  In fact, the NDP can't even find candidates in half the ridings. 
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Speaking of politicians, I agree wholeheartedly with British PM Boris Johnson, who vows to leave the EU without a deal.  Everyone is up-in-arms and Parliament is in chaos, but Johnson knows he will never get a deal with the EU, so why bother.  Theresa May tried three times to get one through and failed, so there is no way he will succeed.  Whether there is a snap election or not -- I predict "not" because the only thing worse than Johnson would be Jeremy Corbin -- Britain will have to negotiate bilateral trade deals with every EU country.  That's what's going to happen.