NDP leader Jagmeet Singh became a father for the first time, to a girl.
Singh announced Thursday that he and his wife Gurkiran Kaur welcomed a baby girl into the world on Monday.
“Our powerful little girl is basically my birthday present for life,” Singh wrote on Twitter.
“Mama bear and her baby are healthy and our hearts are filled with gratitude.”
Singh celebrated her 43rd birthday the day before her daughter was born.
The daughter of the NDP leader will not be named immediately. In Sikh tradition, a newborn is named about two weeks after its birth in a ceremony called Naam Karan.
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Singh has previously expressed his enthusiasm for becoming a father.
He and his wife, a fashion designer, tied the knot in February 2018 in a traditional Sikh wedding. They went on their honeymoon to Mexico.
The NDP leader, who has campaigned in the past for better paternity and maternity benefits for new parents, plans to take paternity leave.
NDP leader @theJagmeetSingh announces that he has become the father of a girl. #CDNPoli
Parliament has not yet returned after the winter break.
“He is planning to take time off to spend time with his wife and new baby,” said an NDP spokesman.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among a large number of MPs and public figures offering congratulations. Hundreds of congratulatory messages were posted on Twitter from around the world.
Trudeau tweeted good wishes from him and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and said the birth was “wonderful news.”
“Sophie and I wish you all good health and many happy times together,” Trudeau said.
Conservative leader Erin O’Toole also offered her congratulations on Twitter, adding, “I wish you all the best as you both enter parenthood!”
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet offered congratulations and good wishes to himself, his parliamentarians and party members.
“There are few events happier or more magnificent results than a birth,” Blanchet tweeted.
British Columbia’s NDP Prime Minister John Horgan and Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante were among many other supporters to congratulate the couple on the birth of their baby.
This Canadian Press report was first published on January 6, 2022.
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