Federal Election 2019: Singh talks about encouragement from Jack Layton before running in Brampton in 2011

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Saturday during a “Get out the Vote” event in Brampton, Ont. that he was “pressured” by friends to run for the New Democrats in 2011, and recounted former leader Jack Layton’s encouraging words: “Don’t let anyone ever tell you it can’t be done.”