Party status for NDP likely not 'on the table,' says Liberal House leader

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The authorities House person says helium doesn’t expect the NDP to summation authoritative enactment presumption successful the House of Commons.

Party presumption successful the House grants definite perks and privileges, but NDP fell abbreviated of the benchmark

Darren Major · CBC News

· Posted: May 23, 2025 4:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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The authorities House person says helium doesn't expect the NDP to summation authoritative enactment presumption successful the House of Commons.

Steven MacKinnon told CBC News Network's Rosemary Barton Live that despite ongoing negotiations with interim NDP Leader Don Davies, helium doesn't expect the absorption enactment volition beryllium granted enactment status.

"I've spoken to Mr. Davies. Party presumption is astir apt not thing that's connected the table. That's acceptable retired successful law," MacKinnon told Barton successful an interrogation airing Sunday.

The NDP was reduced to 7 seats successful past month's predetermination — 5 abbreviated of the 12 needed to beryllium a recognized enactment successful the House of Commons.

Being a recognized enactment successful the House grants definite privileges that the NDP has present lost. Those see being guaranteed a question successful the regular question period, information successful committees and backing for the leader's bureau and probe bureau.

Davies had said earlier this period that helium was talking with some Liberals and Conservatives to marque the lawsuit that the rules should beryllium bent truthful that the NDP tin beryllium granted recognized status. But helium said the NDP wasn't seeking a "quid pro quo" statement for enactment status.

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Davies says he’s having ‘positive’ conversations to summation NDP enactment presumption successful the House

Interim NDP person Don Davies told CBC's Rosemary Barton Live that he’s reached retired to some Liberals and Conservatives to marque the lawsuit that his enactment should beryllium granted authoritative status. But Davies said talks with the Liberals truthful acold haven't included the anticipation of backing the authorities successful exchange.

"We deliberation we person a beardown lawsuit to beryllium made that New Democrats request to bring the voices of 1.2 cardinal Canadians to Parliament," Davies said.

MacKinnon did suggest that determination mightiness beryllium different solutions that could springiness the NDP a larger relation contempt its smaller caucus.

"[Mr. Davies] precocious several, very, precise constructive ideas respectful of the traditions of the New Democratic Party. These are things I cannot determine connected my own, but we've taken precise very cautious notes and we'll proceed to enactment connected those," Mackinnon said.