NDP grassroots buck against 'top-down' leadership race
With the NDP reduced to seven seats, former MP Charlie Angus and party activists want to scrap data-driven or social media strategies and return to old-school organizing.
Don Davies
Talks are ongoing to grant NDP official party status: Davies
Interim NDP leader Don Davies said Friday his party is in "very early" discussions with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government about being granted official party status in the House of Commons.
NDP will face a 'Parliament from hell' without official party status, says former MP
The NDP will return to the House of Commons without official party status at the end of May. The last time this happened was after the 1993 election — a time one former New Democrat MP remembers as "the Parliament from hell."
BC MP Don Davies selected as interim NDP leader to succeed Jagmeet Singh
BC MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party's national council Monday evening.
Carney, Poilievre, Singh express their condolences to victims of Vancouver vehicle attack
The leaders of the three main federal parties paused their election campaigns on Sunday to express their sorrow and offer condolences to victims and their families hours after a vehicle attack in Vancouver killed 11 people and injured many more.
Parliament back in session with Ukraine and carbon tax top discussion points
Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill passed. The Conservatives voted against the legislation solely because they won't support any promotion of carbon pricing.
Working with Liberals on pharmacare like wrestling 'slimy' eels: Jagmeet Singh
Singh told a town hall meeting in Edmonton, where the New Democrats are holding a caucus retreat, that dealing with the federal government is "not fun."
As the holidays approach, Federal politicians poke a little fun
"Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?"
Consultations about to restart on long-delayed drug-price reform guidelines
The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reform, the agency announced on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
NDP vow to campaign on pharmacare in next election if Liberal promise falls through
The federal New Democrats plan to make pharmacare a central issue in the next election if the Liberals do not meet the bar the opposition party has set for legislation to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.
Liberals and NDP still dickering over promised pharmacare bill
The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly anticipated bill.
NDP tables own pharmacare bill to push Liberals into action
No longer content to wait for the Liberals to make good on their promise, the New Democrats tabled their own pharmacare legislation in the House of Commons on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
Trudeau ponders whether Canada should produce more medicine to address shortages
As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to addressing the problem.
NDP targets corporate greed, tax loopholes in push to bring down food prices
NDP agriculture critic Alistair MacGregor sponsored the motion Thursday morning. It followed his request for a study of inflation in the food supply chain and the profits of large grocery stores, a motion passed by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food Wednesday evening.