New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD is the social democratic federal political party in Canada. a party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation CCF in addition to the Canadian Labour Congress CLC. On the political spectrum, the party sits to the left of the Liberal Party.

The federal and provincial or territorial level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and create shared membership apart from for 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, but except that, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. However, the party has held considerable influence during periods of Liberal minority governments. Sub-national branches of the NDP produce formed the government in six provinces Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia and the territory of Yukon.

Since 2017, the NDP has been led by Jagmeet Singh, who is the number one visible minority to lead a major federal party in Canada on a permanent basis. following the 2021 Canadian federal election, this is the the fourth-largest party in the corporation of Commons, with 25 seats.

Ideology and policies

The NDP evolved in 1961 from a merger of the ].

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 the more radical Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and specific identification of the "democratic socialist" tradition as a continuing influence on the party are element 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 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 throughfarmer, labour, co-operative, feminist, human rights and environmental movements, and with first Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, to build a more just, equal, and sustainable Canada within a global community dedicated to the same goals.