A group of NDP organizers and former parliamentarians are asking supporters to redirect donations from the central party to local riding associations, saying that hundreds of cables cannot obtain reimbursements on campaign expenses due to the sad federal performance of federal elections of 2025 of the new Democrats.
“This election, the Canadians showed that the NDP feels out of reach as a viable political option,” said the group, called Canada’s NDP Claims, in a press release sent on Saturday afternoon.
The group said that when reallocating funds directly to driving associations, “the organizers of the progressive community can access the necessary resources to significantly and equitably rebuild the NDP without being bureaucratically tangled with the management of the party.”
According Canada electionsA candidate’s campaign is eligible for reimbursement if they were chosen or received at least 10 percent of the valid votes.
Canada’s claim NDP said the new Democrats in less than 50 cables of 343 met that minimum threshold for reimbursement, which puts the party at risk in future elections.
The NDP MP-Electa, Heather McPherson, tells Power & Politics that she and her six Caucus colleagues will make the liberal government count and demonstrate the Canadians that the new Democrats “remain the party for the working class.”
“It was not only a bad choice for us, but millions of Canadians represented by the NDP in the future … They will also have difficulty being represented in those electoral periods,” said Ji Won Jung, a group spokesman.
The NDP also faces another challenge in the House of Commons. His caucus is Too small to be a recognized partyWhich means that it has lost funds for the leader’s office and the investigation office. The NDP was reduced to seven seats in the elections of April 28, five less than the 12 necessary to be a recognized part in the House of Commons.
In his press release, Reclaim, the NDP of Canada, also said that the senior management of the party “has since been criticized for several controversies.”
In May, three new Democratic parliamentarians, Leah Gazan, Lori Idlout and Jenny Kwan, wrote a letter that disputes the appointment of the NDP parliamentarian party Don Davies as an interim leader and said that the process “failed to defend the democratic and transparent principles.”
Jung said the group decided that the most effective way for the NDP to be built towards the future focuses on driving associations instead of the central part.
“I would not call this a financial concern. I think this is a much more structural concern about how these recent federal elections were held, how resources were assigned and how the past has been managed and directed,” they said.
According to a document Published on the reclaim canada’s NDP websiteThe objective of the group is to convince between five and 10 percent of the Federal Donor Base of the NDP to cancel donations to the central part and send them directly to local driving associations.
The group provides an email template that donors can send to the NDP.
“I will continue to support the NDP, but at the local level, and I will continue to resume my central donation once I see the party recover the confidence of its base and the working class,” says the workforce.
CBC News has communicated with the NDP to comment.
Is the NDP splinter?
Rachel Blaney, former deputy of the NDP for the BC Riding of North Island-Powell River, told CBC News that she expects the message that Canadians get away from the group is not that the party is fighting with the unit.
“Each group always has to have challenging times,” Blaney said. “We are approaching a leadership campaign. I think it is really important that people who run for leadership in this party understand the need for a significant basis commitment.”
“It was really the people in the field of my community that kept me focused,” Blaney said. “I don’t think it’s about division, since it is about the need for a very important conversation about how we join after such a significant defeat.”
Jung said the group expects the press release to begin a conversation to “find out what would advance our way to continue working as new Democrats.”
“As a message for Canadians and for the new Democrats everywhere, we are very close. We are all fighting for the same things,” said Jung. “We want a fairer future for Canadians.”
