One of the seven NDP candidates to win his riding in this week’s federal election says his party will submit a proposal to Parliament to retain official party status, despite the loss of 17 seats, including that of its leader.
Don Davies, who secured his Vancouver Kingsway seat with 37.2 percent of the vote, told CTV’s Power Play the criteria for official party status is “fluid and arbitrary.”
“Everything’s negotiable in politics,” Davies said.
The NDP entered the federal election campaign with 24 seats, but saw its caucus shrink to seven members in the April 28 election. A party must earn at least 12 seats to maintain or achieve official party status under the Parliament of Canada Act….