84-561: The Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act (SCCA) is legislation passed by the 40th Canadian Parliament in 2014, under the direction of Chris Alexander , when he was Minister of Immigration of Canada. The Act streamlined the process of naturalization from three steps into one. The Act allows the revocation of an individual's citizenship even if the person was born in Canada. Anyone convicted of terrorism or treason if they have dual citizenship can be stripped of their citizenship. Bill C-24
168-465: A mixed economy and broader welfare , and has a left-wing , democratic socialist faction. The NDP is a member of the Progressive Alliance , a political international of progressive and social democratic parties. The NDP's constitution states that both social democracy and democratic socialism are influences on the party. Specific inclusion of the party's history as the continuation of
252-598: A writ of election . The party standings as of the election, and at dissolution, were as follows: NDP MP Dawn Black resigned her seat of New Westminster—Coquitlam effective April 13, 2009, to run (successfully) in the provincial riding of New Westminster in the 2009 British Columbia general election . The NDP's Fin Donnelly won the seat left vacant by Black in a by-election on November 9, 2009. Independent MP Bill Casey resigned his seat of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley effective April 30, 2009, to accept
336-562: A chance to enter Parliament via a by-election , McDonough opted to wait until the next election to enter Parliament. The party recovered somewhat in the 1997 election , electing 21 members. The NDP made a breakthrough in Atlantic Canada , a region where they had been practically nonexistent at the federal level. Before 1997, they had won only three seats in Atlantic Canada. However, in 1997 they won eight seats in that region. The party
420-512: A federal election in February to allow for several pieces of legislation to be passed. The Liberals turned down this offer. On November 28, 2005, Conservative leader Stephen Harper 's motion of no confidence was seconded by Layton and it was passed by all three opposition parties, forcing an election. During the election , the NDP won 29 seats, a significant increase of 10 seats from the 19 won in 2004. It
504-568: A fiscal update nine days later. Among other things, the update cut government spending, suspended the ability of civil servants to strike, sold off some Crown assets, and eliminated existing political party subsidies. This fiscal update was rejected by the opposition, and became a catalyst for talks of a coalition government . Stéphane Dion of the Liberal Party and Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party , signed an accord stating that in
588-781: A job as the Nova Scotia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs' senior representative in Ottawa. He was a former Conservative who voted against the 2007 budget , claiming that it broke the Atlantic Accord with his province and Newfoundland and Labrador , and was subsequently expelled from the Conservative caucus. Scott Armstrong , the Conservative candidate, won the by-election for this seat on November 9, 2009. Bloc Québécois MP Paul Crête resigned his seat of Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup on May 21, 2009, to run in
672-434: A majority government, mostly at the expense of the NDP, which lost half its seats. Lewis lost his own riding and resigned as leader the following year. Under Ed Broadbent (1975–1989) the NDP attempted to find a more populist image to contrast with the governing parties, focusing on more pocketbook issues than on ideological fervour. The party played a critical role during Joe Clark 's minority government of 1979–1980, moving
756-852: A merger of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). The CCF grew from populist , agrarian and socialist roots into a modern social democratic party. Although the CCF was part of the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement, the NDP is secular and pluralistic. It has broadened to include concerns of the New Left , and advocates issues such as LGBT rights , international peace , and environmental stewardship. The NDP also supports
840-500: A minority government in the 2006 election, and initially the NDP was the only party that would not be able to pass legislation with the Conservatives. However, following a series of floor crossings , the NDP also came to hold the balance of power. The NDP voted against the government in all four confidence votes in the 39th parliament, the only party to do so. However, it worked with the Conservatives on other issues, including in passing
924-501: A more just, equal, and sustainable Canada within a global community dedicated to the same goals. The NDP states that it is committed to public health care. The party states that it fights for "a national, universal, public pharmacare program to make sure that all Canadians can access the prescription medicine they need with their health card, not their credit card – saving money and improving health outcomes for everyone". The party also states its support for expanding services covered under
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#17328511980811008-511: A negotiated two-state solution ." Since its formation, the party has had a presence in the House of Commons. It was the third largest political party from 1965 to 1993, when the party dropped to fourth and lost official party status . The NDP's peak period of policy influence in those periods was during the minority Liberal governments of Lester B. Pearson (1963–68) and Pierre Trudeau (1972–74). The NDP regained official status in 1997, and played
1092-477: A position with CIBC . By-elections in these three ridings were not scheduled prior to the issue of the writ for the 41st general election . The first session of the 40th parliament opened on November 18, 2008, after Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives won a slightly stronger minority government in the 2008 election . With a new government in session, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tabled
1176-633: A provincial by-election in Rivière-du-Loup . Conservative Bernard Généreux won the November 9, 2009 by-election for this seat. Bloc Québécois MP Réal Ménard resigned his seat of Hochelaga on September 16, 2009, to run in Montreal's municipal elections . On November 9, 2009, Daniel Paillé won this seat for the Bloc in a by-election. New Democratic Party MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) resigned from
1260-541: A provincial or territorial section of the NDP includes automatic membership in the federal party, and this precludes a person from being a member of different parties at the federal and provincial levels. Membership lists are maintained by the provinces and territories. There have been three exceptions: Nunavut , the Northwest Territories, and Quebec. In Nunavut and in the Northwest Territories, whose territorial legislatures have non-partisan consensus governments ,
1344-538: A similar role in the Liberal and Conservative minority governments of 2004–2006 and 2006–2011, respectively. Following the 2011 election , the party became the second-largest party and formed the Official Opposition in the 41st Canadian Parliament . Provincial New Democratic parties, which are organizationally sections of the federal party, have governed in six of the ten provinces and a territory . The NDP governs
1428-567: A then-record of 43 members of parliament (MPs) elected to the house in the election of 1988 . The Liberals, however, had reaped most of the benefits of opposing the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement to emerge as the dominant alternative to the ruling PC government. In 1989, Broadbent stepped down after 14 years as federal leader of the NDP. At the party's leadership convention in 1989, former BC Premier Dave Barrett and Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin were
1512-584: Is so severe that they are forced to seek relief in hospital emergency rooms". The NDP supports the Palestinian state . In March 2024, an NDP motion on Palestine was passed after significant amendments were agreed with the Liberals. In particular, the motion called on the government to "officially recognize the State of Palestine", but this was amended to "work...towards the establishment of the State of Palestine as part of
1596-591: The 1993 election , where the party won only nine seats, three seats short of official party status in the House of Commons. This was, and remains, the NDP's lowest seat total in any election since the party's founding in 1961; the election also resulted in the lowest-ever total number of votes received by the NDP in a federal election. The loss was blamed on the unpopularity of NDP provincial governments under Bob Rae in Ontario and Mike Harcourt in British Columbia and
1680-510: The 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , and 2011 federal elections , before winning three seats there in the 2015 federal election . The NDP would once again be shut out of Saskatchewan as part of the Conservatives sweep of the province in the 2019 election . The New Democratic Party has also formed government in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Yukon. A list of leaders (including acting leaders) since 1961. The party president
1764-424: The 2010 Winter Olympics , until March 3, 2010. He telephoned Governor General Michaëlle Jean to ask her permission to end the parliamentary session and Jean signed the proclamation later that day. According to Harper's spokesman, he sought his second prorogation to consult with Canadians about the economy. In an interview with CBC News , Prince Edward Island Liberal member of parliament Wayne Easter accused
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#17328511980811848-558: The 2014 election . The new NPDQ is not affiliated to the federal NDP due to more recent provincial laws in Quebec which disallow provincial parties from affiliating with federal parties. The NDP in Quebec has been in decline since 2016, struggling to attract local leaders and support. The most successful provincial section of the party has been the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party , which first came to power in 1944 as
1932-566: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) to bring about an alliance between organized labour and the political left in Canada. In 1958 a joint CCF-CLC committee, the National Committee for the New Party (NCNP), was formed to create a new social democratic political party, with ten members from each group. The NCNP spent the next three years laying down the foundations of the New Party ,
2016-589: The Federal Accountability Act and pushing for changes to the Clean Air Act . Following that election, the NDP caucus rose to 30 members with the victory of NDP candidate Thomas Mulcair in a by-election in Outremont . This marked the second time ever (and first time in seventeen years) that the NDP won a riding in Quebec. The party won 37 seats in the 2008 federal election , the best performance since
2100-506: The Federation of Canadian Municipalities , Jack Layton was elected at the party's leadership election in Toronto on January 25, 2003. The 2004 election produced mixed results for the NDP. It increased its total vote by more than a million votes; however, despite Layton's optimistic predictions of reaching 40 seats, the NDP only gained five seats in the election, for a total of 19. The party
2184-503: The New Democratic Party of Quebec ). The NDP has never won the largest share of seats at the federal level and thus has never formed government. From 2011 to 2015, it formed the Official Opposition ; apart from this, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons . However, the party has held the balance of power , and with it considerable influence, during periods of Liberal minority governments . Sub-national branches of
2268-576: The Outaouais . This meant that a majority of the party's MPs now came from a province where they had only ever had two candidates elected in the party's history. The NDP's success in Quebec was mirrored by the collapse of the Bloc Québécois , which lost all but four of its 47 seats, and the collapse of the Liberal Party nationally, which was cut down to just 34 seats, its worst-ever result. This also marked
2352-596: The non-confidence motion on John Crosbie 's 1979 budget that brought down the Progressive Conservative government and forced the 1980 election that brought the Liberal Party back to power. In the 1984 election , which saw the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney win the most seats in Canadian history, the NDP won 30 seats, while the governing Liberals fell to 40 seats. The NDP set
2436-512: The 1988 total of 43. This included a breakthrough in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona , only the second time the NDP had managed to win a seat in Alberta in the party's history. In the 2011 federal election , the NDP won a record 103 seats, becoming the Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history. The party had a historic breakthrough in Quebec , where they won 59 out of 75 seats, dominating Montreal and sweeping Quebec City and
2520-481: The 2011 election. That reduced the Conservative caucus to 52, but they retained a majority of sitting senators as there were 50 senators of other parties and 3 vacancies. The Senate of Canada posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Senator during the 40th Parliament to five pioneering women known as The Famous Five . Senate House of Commons Senate House of Commons Senate House of Commons [REDACTED] Media related to Protests against
2604-472: The 40th Parliament. On March 25, 2011, the House of Commons passed a Liberal motion of non-confidence by a vote of 156 to 145, finding the Conservative Cabinet in contempt of parliament , an unprecedented finding in Canadian and Commonwealth parliamentary history. On March 26, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper subsequently asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve parliament and issue
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2688-731: The Atlantic ridings lost to the NDP in the 1997 election. The initial high electoral prospects of the Canadian Alliance under new leader Stockwell Day also hurt the NDP as many supporters strategically voted Liberal to keep the Alliance from winning. The NDP finished with 13 MPs—just barely over the threshold for official party status. McDonough announced her resignation as party leader for family reasons in June 2002 (effective upon her successor's election). A Toronto city councillor and recent President of
2772-553: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation under Tommy Douglas and has won eleven of the province's elections since then. In Canada, Douglas is often cited as the "Father of Medicare" since, as Saskatchewan Premier, he introduced Canada's first publicly funded, universal healthcare system to the province. Despite the historic success of the Saskatchewan branch of the party, the NDP was shut out of Saskatchewan for
2856-554: The Conservative caucus. The balance of power shifted for the first time on August 27, 2009, when the Liberal caucus was reduced to holding a plurality of 52 seats. On January 29, 2010, the balance shifted again as five vacancies were filled by appointed Conservatives, giving them a plurality of 51, with the Liberals holding the next-highest number of seats at 49. The Conservatives achieved an absolute majority when Don Meredith and Larry Smith were appointed on December 20, 2010. After dissolution, Smith and Fabian Manning resigned to run in
2940-631: The Elmwood—Transcona seat, with Leila Dance elected as MP with a much reduced margin. This was the NDP's first by-election victory in five years. However, the party finished a close third in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, behind the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois. Further to this, the NDP ended their confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal Party. The deal had run from March 2022 but was pulled nine months early. The NDP evolved in 1961 from
3024-463: The House effective September 15, 2010 to run for mayor in Dauphin. Robert Sopuck held the seat for the Conservatives in a by-election held on November 29, 2010. Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Yves Roy resigned from the House effective October 22, 2010, followed by Conservative MP Jay Hill effective October 25, 2010. Conservative MP Jim Prentice resigned from the House effective November 14, 2010 to take
3108-570: The House on April 30, 2010, to run (unsuccessfully) for the mayoralty of Winnipeg . Liberal Kevin Lamoureux won the by-election to replace her on November 29, 2010. Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua (Vaughan) resigned from the House effective August 25, 2010 to successfully run for mayor in Vaughan. Conservative Julian Fantino won the November 29, 2010 by-election to replace him. Conservative MP Inky Mark (Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette) resigned from
3192-451: The Liberal Party for Dion to resign immediately. Dion initially scheduled his resignation for the party's leadership convention in May 2009, but on December 8, 2008, he announced that he would step down upon the selection of an interim leader. After the withdrawal of Bob Rae and Dominic LeBlanc from the 2009 leadership race, Michael Ignatieff became the only leadership candidate, and therefore
3276-462: The Liberals and Conservatives joined to pass the budget and keep the Conservative government in power. The Conservative government made crime a major focus of the session. The Conservatives reintroduced their former mandatory minimums bill, known as Bill C-15. On December 30, 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that he would advise the Governor General to prorogue parliament during
3360-500: The Liberals in St. John's East and Hamilton Mountain , where incumbent NDP MPs Jack Harris and Scott Duvall did not stand for re-election. Overall, the election resulted in no change to the balance of power in the House of Commons. In March 2022, the NDP agreed to a confidence and supply deal with the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . Among the policies included in
3444-466: The Liberals in the province. The election resulted in a Liberal majority government. Mulcair's leadership faced criticism following the election, culminating in his losing a leadership review vote held at the NDP's policy convention in Edmonton , Alberta on April 10, 2016. This marked the first time in Canadian federal politics that a leader was defeated in a confidence vote. Consequently, his successor
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3528-535: The Liberals won a minority government, although it fell back to fourth place behind the resurgent Bloc Québécois. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the NDP used its leverage to lobby the Liberals to be more generous in their financial aid to Canadians, including by extending of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, which was a key demand in order to provide confidence to the government in
3612-456: The NDP has been led by Jagmeet Singh , who is the first visible minority to lead a major federal party in Canada on a permanent basis. Following the 2021 Canadian federal election , it is the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons, with 24 seats. In 1956, after the birth of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) by a merger of two previous labour congresses, negotiations began between the CLC and
3696-476: The NDP have formed the government in six provinces ( Ontario , Manitoba , Saskatchewan , Alberta , British Columbia , and Nova Scotia ) and the territory of Yukon . The NDP supports a mixed economy , broader welfare , LGBT rights , international peace , environmental stewardship, and expanding Canada's universal healthcare system to include dental care, mental health care, eye and hearing care, infertility procedures, and prescription drugs. Since 2017 ,
3780-524: The NDP in first place, the party lost 59 seats in the 2015 election and fell back to third place in Parliament. By winning 44 seats, Mulcair was able to secure the second best showing in the party's history, winning one more seat than Ed Broadbent managed in the 1988 election, but with a smaller share of the popular vote. NDP seat gains in Saskatchewan and British Columbia were offset by numerical losses in almost every other region, while in Alberta and Manitoba
3864-482: The Opposition. The party confirmed his suggestion of Hull—Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel to carry out the functions of party leader in his absence. Layton died from his cancer on August 22, 2011. In his final letter, Layton called for a leadership election to be held in early 2012 to choose his successor, which was held on March 24, 2012, and elected new leader Tom Mulcair . Despite early campaign polls which showed
3948-569: The Prime Minister of "shutting democracy down". The second prorogation in a year also received some international criticism as being not very democratic. In response to the prorogation, demonstrations took place on January 23, 2010, in over 60 Canadian cities, and at least four cities in other countries. The protests attracted thousands of participants, many who had joined a group on Facebook . The Senate of Canada has seen new members appointed in blocs of 18, 9, and 5; all were appointed to
4032-462: The Prime Minister.. Under the Harper government, Amara had his Canadian citizenship revoked and was set to be deported the moment he was released from prison. But things have changed under Justin Trudeau," and it was under Ahmed Hussen that Amara's citizenship was finally restored. 40th Canadian Parliament The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18, 2008 to March 26, 2011. It
4116-529: The autumn of 2020. In the snap 2021 federal election , the NDP made minor gains in both vote share and seat count, winning in 25 ridings. The party won a second seat in Alberta for the first time when Blake Desjarlais picked up Edmonton Griesbach and Heather McPherson won her second term at Edmonton Strathcona . The party also picked up two seats in British Columbia with Lisa Marie Barron reclaiming Nanaimo—Ladysmith and Bonita Zarrillo reclaiming Port Moody—Coquitlam. These gains were offset by losses to
4200-515: The creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933 and the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. New Democrats seek a future that brings together the best of the insights and objectives of Canadians who, within the social democratic and democratic socialist traditions, have worked through farmer, labour, co-operative, feminist, human rights and environmental movements, and with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, to build
4284-516: The deal were the establishment of a national dental care program for low income Canadians, progress towards a national pharmacare program, labour reforms for federally regulated workers, and new taxes on financial institutions. In September 2024, the NDP faced two competitive by-elections in Elmwood—Transcona in Manitoba and LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in Quebec . The NDP successfully defended
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#17328511980814368-526: The event that the government lost the confidence of the house , they would form a coalition with the support of Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc Québécois , if asked to do so by the Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean . However, Stephen Harper delayed the vote of non-confidence scheduled for December 1, and the Governor General prorogued parliament on Harper's advice on December 4, 2008, until January 26, 2009. After prorogation, calls came from within
4452-457: The federal NDP is promoted by its riding associations, since each territory is composed of only one federal riding . In Quebec, the historical New Democratic Party of Quebec was integrated with the federal party from 1963 until 1989, when the two agreed to sever their structural ties after the Quebec party adopted a sovereigntist platform. From then on, the federal NDP was represented in Quebec only by their Quebec Section, whose activities in
4536-605: The first time in history where the Liberal Party was neither the government nor the Official Opposition, as the NDP had taken over the latter role. The NDP was now the second largest party in the House of Commons opposing a Conservative majority government. In July 2011, Layton announced that he was suffering from a new cancer and would take a leave of absence, projected to last until the resumption of Parliament in September. He would retain his position of NDP Leader and Leader of
4620-464: The first woman to lead a major federal political party in Canada. Although enjoying strong support among organized labour and rural voters in the Prairies, McLaughlin tried to expand their support into Quebec without much success. Under McLaughlin, the party did manage to win an election in Quebec for the first time when Edmonston won the 1990 Chambly by-election . McLaughlin and the NDP were routed in
4704-457: The government provided that some major concessions in the federal budget were ceded to. On November 9, 2005, after the findings of the Gomery Inquiry were released, Layton notified the Liberal government that continued NDP support would require a ban on private healthcare. When the Liberals refused, Layton announced that he would introduce a motion on November 24 that would ask Martin to call
4788-572: The loss of a significant portion of the Western vote to the Reform Party , which promised a more decentralized and democratic federation along with right-wing economic reforms. McLaughlin resigned in 1995 and was succeeded by Alexa McDonough , the former leader of the Nova Scotia NDP . In contrast to traditional Canadian practice, where an MP for a safe seat stands down to allow a newly elected leader
4872-423: The main contenders for the leadership. During the campaign, Barrett argued that the party should be concerned with western alienation , rather than focusing its attention on Quebec . The Quebec wing of the NDP strongly opposed Barrett's candidacy, with Phil Edmonston , the party's main spokesman in Quebec, threatening to resign from the party if Barrett won. McLaughlin ran on a more traditional approach, and became
4956-544: The minority government formed by the Pierre Trudeau –led Liberals from 1972 to 1974, although the two parties never entered into a coalition . Together, they succeeded in passing several socially progressive initiatives into law such as pension indexing and the creation of the crown corporation Petro-Canada . In 1974, the NDP worked with the Progressive Conservatives to pass a motion of non-confidence, forcing an election . However, it backfired as Trudeau's Liberals regained
5040-448: The more radical Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and specific identification of the "democratic socialist" tradition as a continuing influence on the party are part of the language of the preamble to the party's constitution: New Democrats are proud of our political and activist heritage, and our long record of visionary, practical, and successful governments. That heritage and that record have distinguished and inspired our party since
5124-401: The national health care system to include dental care, mental health care, eye and hearing care, infertility procedures, and prescription drugs. Regarding dentistry, the NDP notes that "one in three Canadians has no dental insurance and over six million people don't visit the dentist every year because they can't afford to. Too many people are forced to go without the care they need until the pain
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#17328511980815208-399: The party are active in municipal politics, the party does not organize at that level. For example, though former Toronto mayor David Miller was an NDP member during his successful 2003 and 2006 mayoral campaigns, his campaigns were not affiliated with the NDP. Unlike most other Canadian federal parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial parties. Holding membership of
5292-458: The party maintained its existing seat counts. The party was locked out of Atlantic Canada and the Territories, and lost over half of its seats in Ontario, including all of its seats in Toronto. In Quebec, the NDP lost seats to all three of the other major parties, namely the Liberals, Conservatives, and Bloc Québécois, though it managed to place second in both vote share (25.4%) and seats (16) behind
5376-492: The party sits at the centre-left to left-wing of the Canadian political spectrum , with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party . The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The federal and provincial (or territorial) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and have shared membership (except for
5460-409: The party's interim name pending a national convention. During this process, a large number of New Party Clubs were established to allow like-minded Canadians to join in its founding, and six representatives from New Party Clubs were added to the National Committee. In 1961, at the end of a five-day long founding convention which established its principles, policies and structures, the New Democratic Party
5544-437: The prorogation of the 40th Parliament of Canada at Wikimedia Commons Bold indicates parties with members elected to the House of Commons . Bold indicates parties with members elected to the House of Commons . New Democratic Party (Canada) The New Democratic Party ( NDP ; French : Nouveau Parti démocratique ; NPD ) is a federal political party in Canada . Widely described as social democratic ,
5628-501: The province were limited to the federal level. However, following the party's breakthrough in the province in the 2011 federal election, the NDP announced their plans to recreate a provincial party in Quebec in time for the following Quebec general election. The modern New Democratic Party of Quebec party was registered with the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec on January 30, 2014, but it failed to nominate any candidates in
5712-647: The provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba , forms the Official Opposition in Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Ontario , and has sitting members in every provincial legislature except those of Quebec , New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island . The NDP has previously formed the government in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and the Yukon Territory. The NDP has previously had at least one sitting member in every provincial legislature except that of Quebec. While members of
5796-459: The rest of Ontario, while making small or no gains in the popular vote in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Nunavut. In British Columbia, the NDP lost three seats ( Kootenay—Columbia , Port Moody—Coquitlam , and, after having lost it at a by-election , Nanaimo—Ladysmith ) but retained most of their support in the province. Following the election, the NDP held the balance of power as
5880-466: The revocation clause. Four other citizens in addition to Amara were concerned, as they had all been sent revocation letters. Academic Wesley Wark was quoted as: the SCCA "is too much power in the hands of a minister." Trudeau "would let convicted terrorists keep Canadian citizenship" because this legislation creates two classes of citizenship. In the event, Trudeau won the election and kept his promise to rescind
5964-568: The terrorist grounds for revocation. As of August 2023 Amara, who had earned a life sentence for his part in the Toronto 18 terror plot, was allowed day parole and worked in a watch shop. He had been allowed day parole in October 2022 because of a favourable RCMP report. One issue in the October 2015 Canadian federal election was the SCCA. Incumbent Stephen Harper stood on his record while Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair both said they would reverse
6048-528: The terrorist penalty. Bill C-6 was passed as a result of his leadership, and this allowed bitter headlines to run in the press on Amara's respite. Candice Malcolm wrote thus: "Amara wanted to detonate bombs in downtown Toronto, and coordinate shooting sprees at the CBC and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He planned to siege Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and carry out executions and beheadings of politicians, including
6132-542: The total needed for the balance of power. As has been the case with Liberal minorities in the past, the NDP were in a position to make gains on the party's priorities, such as fighting health care privatization , fulfilling Canada's obligation to the Kyoto Protocol , and electoral reform . The party used Prime Minister Paul Martin 's politically precarious position caused by the sponsorship scandal to force investment in multiple federal programs, agreeing not to help topple
6216-451: Was "under fire" as the bill was set to pass. Zakaria Amara was stripped of his citizenship under the Act on 26 September 2015. However, on 19 June 2017, Amara's Canadian citizenship was automatically restored following the passage of Bill C-6 of the 42nd Parliament of Canada , which had been introduced by John McCallum and had the effect of deleting several of the SCCA's provisions most notably
6300-430: Was able to harness the discontent of voters in Atlantic Canada, who were upset over cuts to employment insurance and other social programs implemented by Jean Chrétien 's Liberal majority government. In the November 2000 election , the NDP campaigned primarily on the issue of Medicare but lost significant support. The governing Liberals ran an effective campaign on their economic record and managed to recapture some of
6384-466: Was appointed interim leader of the Liberals and the opposition on December 10, 2008. The Governor-in-Council recalled parliament on January 26, 2009. Its first business (after the Throne Speech) was to present the federal budget, which included a large deficit. After negotiations with new opposition leader Michael Ignatieff , the government promised to present regular updates on the stimulus budget, and
6468-451: Was born, and Tommy Douglas , the long-time CCF Premier of Saskatchewan , was elected as its first leader. At the 1971 leadership convention , an activist group called the Waffle tried to take control of the party but was defeated by David Lewis with the help of the union members. The following year, most of The Waffle split from the NDP and formed their own party. The NDP itself supported
6552-464: Was disappointed to see its two Saskatchewan incumbents defeated in close races by the new Conservative Party (created by merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties), perhaps because of the unpopularity of the NDP provincial government. The Liberals were re-elected, though this time as a minority government . Combined, the Liberals and NDP had 154 seats – one short of
6636-589: Was elected to his third term in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie , was the only NDP candidate to win a seat in Quebec, while the party lost all three of its Saskatchewan ridings ( Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River , Regina—Lewvan , and Saskatoon West ) to the Conservatives. The party remained shut out of Toronto and lost two of its MPs ( Cheryl Hardcastle in Windsor—Tecumseh and Tracey Ramsey in Essex ) in
6720-544: Was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois ( 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute ). Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14, 2008 general election, 64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th: John Duncan , Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau . There were three sessions of
6804-462: Was presented by Alexander in February 2014. A longer period of residency in country was required for would-be citizens. It received Royal Assent on 19 June 2014. The Canadian Bar Association wrote a report on the bill. The bill had elicited much controversy. Experts told the Toronto Star in June that the bill was "discriminatory" and "weakens citizenship". The Globe and Mail wrote that Alexander
6888-594: Was the fourth-best performance in party history, approaching the level of popular support enjoyed in the 1980s. The NDP kept all of the 18 seats it held at the dissolution of Parliament. While the party gained no seats in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, or the Prairie provinces, it gained five seats in British Columbia, five more in Ontario and the Western Arctic riding of the Northwest Territories . The Conservatives won
6972-404: Was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament . The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14, 2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4, 2008, at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper , who
7056-495: Was to be chosen at a leadership election to be held no later than October 2017, with Mulcair agreeing to remain as leader until then. On October 1, 2017, Jagmeet Singh , the first person of a visible minority group to lead a major Canadian federal political party on a permanent basis, won the leadership vote to head the NDP on the first ballot. In the 2019 federal election , the NDP won only 24 seats in its worst result since 2004, shedding 15 seats. Alexandre Boulerice , who
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