Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique; NPD) is a federal political party in Canada.Widely described as social democratic, [5] the party sits at the centre-left [10] to left-wing [17] of the Canadian political spectrum, with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. [20]
The New Democratic Party's Statement of Principles was adopted in 1983 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the 12th Federal NDP Convention.It replaced the Winnipeg Declaration, which had in turn replaced the original Regina Manifesto of 1933 of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (the predecessor to the NDP).
The NDP campaign strategy put them at odds with Canadian Auto Workers, which had supported an NDP-backed Liberal minority government and which was only backing NDP candidates that had a chance of winning. After the campaign, the Ontario NDP expelled CAW leader Buzz Hargrove from the party (which has a common membership both federally and ...
The NDP was leading or elected in 47 seats - just enough to form a majority government - in Canada's westernmost province, while John Rustad's Conservative Party of British Columbia had 44 seats ...
The NDP does not currently hold any seats in the Legislative Assemblies of Quebec, Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick. The territorial assemblies in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, additionally, are non-partisan consensus government bodies.
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP), says he will introduce a motion to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in the new year. It marks a turn for the NDP ...
The Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party have come to a agreement in a confidence deal that would keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in power with a minority ...
Unlike other national parties in Canada, the NDP is fully integrated with its provincial and territorial branches. During the 2006 convention of the federal NDP, held in Quebec City, the idea of recreating the provincial NPDQ was brought up.