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CTV News
26-05-2025
- Politics
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NDP will not be granted official party status: MacKinnon
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies responds to a question during a news conference on Parliament Hill on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA — Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the NDP will not be granted official party status because the law says a party needs at least 12 seats to be recognized. The NDP was reduced to just seven seats in last month's election. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies has told The Canadian Press he spoke with the Prime Minister's Office about obtaining official party status for the NDP in the House of Commons. Davies pointed to several past instances of provincial legislatures granting party status to an opposition party. Without official party status, the NDP will not be allowed to ask daily questions in question period, will not be guaranteed seats on standing committees and will lose out on financial resources provided to recognized parties. The NDP lost official party status in the 1993 election but it managed to regain it in the 1997 vote. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
NDP will not be granted official party status: MacKinnon
Interim NDP leader Don Davies says he asked that his party be granted official party status. Davies responds to a question during a news conference on Parliament Hill on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA — Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the NDP will not be granted official party status because the Parliament of Canada Act says a party needs at least 12 seats to be recognized. The NDP was reduced to just seven seats in last month's election. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
CTV News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
NDP talking to the Carney government about getting official party status: Davies
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says his party is in the "very early" stages of talks with the government about getting official party status. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA — Interim NDP leader Don Davies says his party is in 'very early' discussions with the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney about being granted official party status in the House of Commons. The NDP was reduced to seven seats in the election, below the 12-seat threshold for official party status in the Commons. Parties that lack official status lose out on financial resources provided by Parliament, get to ask fewer questions during question period and don't have guaranteed spots on standing committees. Davies says parties at the provincial level have been granted official status in the past after failing to meet the threshold. As the recently appointed interim leader, Davies says his 'primary goal' is to ensure the 1.2 million Canadians who voted for the NDP are well represented in the House. He says that means working to ensure his caucus members have the resources they need to do their jobs, which includes things like research and outreach budgets. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 9, 2025. David Baxter, The Canadian Press
