The problem in Quebec for the NDP is the old one - assimilation. Symbols of assimilation such as the niqab and turban are like a red flag to a bull.  Hence the flight of Quebec voters from the NDP when the niqab issue came up. These things remind  Quebecois that there are pressures for change in the society.  Pressures that they are afraid of.  Of the four candidates for the leadership, Mr. Singh is by far the best communicator.  Sorry Niki and Charlie, love your politics, just don't think the rest of the country will find you that appealing.  Then there is Mr. Caron.  Is he the compromise candidate?  For Mr Singh to come out a winner for the NDP, he has to prove that he is the best communicator in French, in Quebec.  Unfortunately we just haven't seen very much of him here in Quebec.