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B.C. MP Don Davies chosen as interim NDP leader to succeed Jagmeet Singh
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
David Baxter
Published May 05, 2025 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party’s national council Monday evening.
Former leader Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation after he lost his own Burnaby Central seat in the April 28 election.
Davies led the NDP negotiations with the Liberal government to advance dental care and pharmacare legislation while serving as health critic in the last session of Parliament.
The NDP caucus met twice last week to talk about the party’s leadership situation, which helped inform the national council’s decision Monday.
The NDP lost official party status last week when it was reduced to seven seats in the House of Commons.
A party official told The Canadian Press that the rules and timing for a leadership contest will be determined at a later date.
B.C. MP Don Davies chosen as interim NDP leader to succeed Jagmeet Singh
B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada
The NDP have begun their leadership race and apparently wish to confirm to Canadians that they have learned absolutely nothing from their electoral flogging earlier this year. The language and rules for the campaign are emblematic of an organization so beholden to the deranged ideology of identity politics that even being reduced to seven seats in the House of Commons isn’t enough to change course. It is their apparent desire to make sure that there is no comeback from the abyss, no second chance, as they drive their own brand even further into the mud.
Among the various requirements to be approved to run for the poisoned chalice of NDP leader is a Nomination Signature Form, which must be signed by 500 members in good standing of the NDP. So far, so normal. Then, as is too often the case for the new left, normal leaves the room to be replaced by grievance and nonsense.
And so, to ensure common sense is entirely absent from the signature process, the NDP requires “at least fifty percent (50%) of the total required signatures must be from members who do not ident,” and “a minimum of one hundred (100) signatures must be from members of equity-seeking groups, including but not limited to racialized members, Indigenous members, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons living with disabilities.”
If there were any lingering doubt, the party of the working class is now definitively the party of identity politics and grievance culture. This is the language that broadcasts to Canadians that the message the NDP got from their electoral drubbing is that they must be even more radical.
While the NDP’s tone deafness to public sentiment is remarkable, the manner in which it facilitates the exclusion of women is even more staggering. Nowhere, readers of the rules will note, is it specified that 50 per cent of signatories must be female, only not “cis man.” That is to say, a candidate can be approved with a combination of cis men and trans women, all natal males, without the need to seek the approval of a single female.
While this scenario is admittedly unlikely, it is staggering that a party so hell bent on “inclusivity” and “equity” is so obviously comfortable with the erasure of women from its inclusion criteria. By refusing to mention the word “woman” anywhere, the NDP have signalled their virtue, all while displaying the electoral communications sophistication of trepanned gnat.
This display of lunacy follows hot on the heels of endlessly poor political decisions by Jagmeet Singh to prostrate the party before Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in exchange for ahandful of magic beans pittance.
From 2019 to 2025 when the Liberals had a minority, the NDP didn’t hold the government to account in any tangible way. As former Conservative cabinet minister James Moore pointed out recently, the NDP “wins” were small consolation for the horrendous damage Singh did to the party’s brand. Even when Liberal polling numbers were in freefall in late 2024, Singh somehow couldn’t bring himself to pull the plug on his support for the Liberals.
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The descent of the NDP into absurd irrelevancy is sad. Historically the NDP have often been good for Canada even if they have not governed federally. The NDP pushed for universal healthcare, equitable pensions, women’s equality and gay rights. They can be commended for this and their contribution in pushing for a fairer society. The NDP grandees of old should also be respected for this.
The current NDP is a frail carcass of grievance, extremism and zealotry which bears no resemblance to its respectable past. Their next choice of leader will demonstrate to Canadians whether or not any flicker of the torches of Tommy Douglas, Ed Broadbent and Jack Layton remain to re-light the fire of a shattered movement and broken party.
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Among the various requirements to be approved to run for the poisoned chalice of NDP leader is a Nomination Signature Form, which must be signed by 500 members in good standing of the NDP. So far, so normal. Then, as is too often the case for the new left, normal leaves the room to be replaced by grievance and nonsense.
And so, to ensure common sense is entirely absent from the signature process, the NDP requires “at least fifty percent (50%) of the total required signatures must be from members who do not ident,” and “a minimum of one hundred (100) signatures must be from members of equity-seeking groups, including but not limited to racialized members, Indigenous members, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons living with disabilities.”
If there were any lingering doubt, the party of the working class is now definitively the party of identity politics and grievance culture. This is the language that broadcasts to Canadians that the message the NDP got from their electoral drubbing is that they must be even more radical.
While the NDP’s tone deafness to public sentiment is remarkable, the manner in which it facilitates the exclusion of women is even more staggering. Nowhere, readers of the rules will note, is it specified that 50 per cent of signatories must be female, only not “cis man.” That is to say, a candidate can be approved with a combination of cis men and trans women, all natal males, without the need to seek the approval of a single female.
While this scenario is admittedly unlikely, it is staggering that a party so hell bent on “inclusivity” and “equity” is so obviously comfortable with the erasure of women from its inclusion criteria. By refusing to mention the word “woman” anywhere, the NDP have signalled their virtue, all while displaying the electoral communications sophistication of trepanned gnat.This display of lunacy follows hot on the heels of endlessly poor political decisions by Jagmeet Singh to prostrate the party before Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in exchange for a
From 2019 to 2025 when the Liberals had a minority, the NDP didn’t hold the government to account in any tangible way. As former Conservative cabinet minister James Moore pointed out recently, the NDP “wins” were small consolation for the horrendous damage Singh did to the party’s brand. Even when Liberal polling numbers were in freefall in late 2024, Singh somehow couldn’t bring himself to pull the plug on his support for the Liberals.
Non-Coalition Coalition that’s Definitely NOT a Coalition…
It dawned on me that this thread just didn’t exist. It is mentioned a lot (usually by me) across many many (many) other threads….but there’s no thread in and of itself regarding the Non-Coalition Coalition that has ruled our country pretty much since Justin & Jagmeet came out of the closet due...
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The current NDP is a frail carcass of grievance, extremism and zealotry which bears no resemblance to its respectable past. Their next choice of leader will demonstrate to Canadians whether or not any flicker of the torches of Tommy Douglas, Ed Broadbent and Jack Layton remain to re-light the fire of a shattered movement and broken party.
Adam Pankratz: The NDP is here to rescue us from 'cis' men — National Post
Identity obsessed rules for leadership race show the party has learned nothing
The good news is most Canadians are already saved.The NDP have begun their leadership race and apparently wish to confirm to Canadians that they have learned absolutely nothing from their electoral flogging earlier this year. The language and rules for the campaign are emblematic of an organization so beholden to the deranged ideology of identity politics that even being reduced to seven seats in the House of Commons isn’t enough to change course. It is their apparent desire to make sure that there is no comeback from the abyss, no second chance, as they drive their own brand even further into the mud.
Among the various requirements to be approved to run for the poisoned chalice of NDP leader is a Nomination Signature Form, which must be signed by 500 members in good standing of the NDP. So far, so normal. Then, as is too often the case for the new left, normal leaves the room to be replaced by grievance and nonsense.
And so, to ensure common sense is entirely absent from the signature process, the NDP requires “at least fifty percent (50%) of the total required signatures must be from members who do not ident,” and “a minimum of one hundred (100) signatures must be from members of equity-seeking groups, including but not limited to racialized members, Indigenous members, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons living with disabilities.”
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If there were any lingering doubt, the party of the working class is now definitively the party of identity politics and grievance culture. This is the language that broadcasts to Canadians that the message the NDP got from their electoral drubbing is that they must be even more radical.
While the NDP’s tone deafness to public sentiment is remarkable, the manner in which it facilitates the exclusion of women is even more staggering. Nowhere, readers of the rules will note, is it specified that 50 per cent of signatories must be female, only not “cis man.” That is to say, a candidate can be approved with a combination of cis men and trans women, all natal males, without the need to seek the approval of a single female.
This display of lunacy follows hot on the heels of endlessly poor political decisions by Jagmeet Singh to prostrate the party before Justin Trudeau and the Liberals in exchange for ahandful of magic beanspittance.
From 2019 to 2025 when the Liberals had a minority, the NDP didn’t hold the government to account in any tangible way. As former Conservative cabinet minister James Moore pointed out recently, the NDP “wins” were small consolation for the horrendous damage Singh did to the party’s brand. Even when Liberal polling numbers were in freefall in late 2024, Singh somehow couldn’t bring himself to pull the plug on his support for the Liberals.
The descent of the NDP into absurd irrelevancy is sad. Historically the NDP have often been good for Canada even if they have not governed federally. The NDP pushed for universal healthcare, equitable pensions, women’s equality and gay rights. They can be commended for this and their contribution in pushing for a fairer society. The NDP grandees of old should also be respected for this.Non-Coalition Coalition that’s Definitely NOT a Coalition…
It dawned on me that this thread just didn’t exist. It is mentioned a lot (usually by me) across many many (many) other threads….but there’s no thread in and of itself regarding the Non-Coalition Coalition that has ruled our country pretty much since Justin & Jagmeet came out of the closet due...
The current NDP is a frail carcass of grievance, extremism and zealotry which bears no resemblance to its respectable past. Their next choice of leader will demonstrate to Canadians whether or not any flicker of the torches of Tommy Douglas, Ed Broadbent and Jack Layton remain to re-light the fire of a shattered movement and broken party.
Adam Pankratz: The NDP is here to rescue us from 'cis' men — National Post
Identity obsessed rules for leadership race show the party has learned nothing
It was hard to find an NDP specific thread to post this in, as they made themselves so peripheral for the last six years or so.