He unveiled the opening act of his plan on Monday, when he named Alexandre Boulerice as the party’s deputy leader and charged him with leading the NDP’s election campaign in the province. It was the first in what Singh says will be a series of announcements meant to woo Quebecers back into the orange fold.

Singh certainly has an uphill climb ahead of him.

After winning 59 seats in Quebec in the 2011 federal election, the NDP dropped to just 16 seats and 25 per cent of the province’s vote in 2015. These days, the NDP would happily take those 2015 numbers again. #cdnpoli

After 16 months without a seat in the Commons — and dire warnings from within his own party that he’d either win the seat or find himself looking for another job — the NDP leader defied his critics and the pundits by capturing Burnaby South. #cdnpoli