JAY GOLDBERG: Canada’s NDP doesn’t deserve official party status |
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Are the present rules in Canada’s Parliament grotesquely unfair?
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The New Democratic Party wants Canadians to think so.
The NDP suffered a crushing blow in April’s federal election, losing more than two-thirds of its seats and official party status to boot.
Ever since, the party’s leaders have been trying to convince Prime Minister Mark Carney to bend the rules and allow the party to regain official party status.
As of today, a party in the House of Commons needs at least 12 seats to qualify as an ofiicial party. The NDP’s interim leader, Don Davies, wants to see Carney lower the threshold so the NDP’s seven-member caucus can........