OTTAWA – Jagmeet Singh was barely out of his teens when he took his little brother in.
A biology student at the University of Western Ontario, Singh insisted on looking after Gurratan, then 15, following a nearly violent confrontation with their father that prompted a police call to their farmhouse in Windsor, Ont.
The change was a blessing for both, offering a stable environment for the younger sibling and a chance for the two to reconnect.
“I was getting a little bit frightened, quite frankly, and anxious being at home. And he kind of, at the perfect moment, took me off to London, Ont. I think he was very sensitive to the fact that he didn’t want me to feel those emotions again,” said Gurratan, now a lawmaker in the Ontario legislature.
The duo lived there for three years along with their German shepherd, Jugnu, with college friends popping in and out via the balcony across from a nearby mall to walk the dog unprompted while Singh worked three jobs, Gurratan said.
“He’s a really great cook now, but back then he wasn’t the best,” his brother recalled. “I remember one time I was really hungry “ He passed me this plate of pasta, and it’s all these chopped-up veggie dogs. “ “I was like, “What is this, man?’ But he was trying his best. He was trying to do what he’s always done: make the best out of a tough situation.”
The same might be said of the current election campaign.
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