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The '''New Democratic Party''' or '''NDP''' is a [[socialism|socialist]] federal political Party in [[Canada]]. Its current leader is Quebec MP Thomas Mulcair. It is noted for being the party of [[Tommy Douglas]],<ref>[http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/roots/ccf2ndp.html NDP Party history]</ref> founder of Canada's [[universal healthcare]] system. Said of Douglas "He pursued his radical ideas relentlessly until they became so mainstream rival politicians claimed them as their own". Douglas also criticized [[liberalism]].<ref>[http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/parties_leaders/topics/851/ CBC historical archive on Tommy Douglas and the NDP.]</ref>

The '''New Democratic Party''' or '''NDP''' is a [[socialism|socialist]] federal political Party in [[Canada]]. Its current leader is Quebec MP Thomas Mulcair. It is noted for being the party of [[Tommy Douglas]],<ref>[http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/roots/ccf2ndp.html NDP Party history]</ref> founder of Canada's [[universal healthcare]] system. Said of Douglas "He pursued his radical ideas relentlessly until they became so mainstream rival politicians claimed them as their own". Douglas also criticized [[liberalism]].<ref>[http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/parties_leaders/topics/851/ CBC historical archive on Tommy Douglas and the NDP.]</ref>

Increasing social programs such as public health care (including dental) and education and a dramatic raise in taxes of all forms (except small business taxes). They support giving more money to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[Quebec]], and the arts. They favor heavier regulation in all aspects of the economy.

Increasing social programs such as public health care (including dental) and education and a dramatic raise in taxes of all forms (except small business taxes). They support giving more money to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[Quebec]], and the arts. They favor heavier regulation in all aspects of the economy.

The federal NDP is ideologically further to the Left than the currently-ruling Liberals, as are its provincial wings, and they often align with the Liberals on a number of issues, including [[environmentalism]], [[abortion]], tax increases, the [[homosexual agenda]], [[multiculturalism]], imposition of [[Islam]], Aboriginal issues, leniency toward criminals and the "legalization" of [[marijuana]]. The NDP have never held power federally, although their provincial wings have formed governments in [[British Columbia]], [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]], [[Ontario]], [[Nova Scotia]] and the [[Yukon Territory]]. Past NDP governments in British Columbia (under Mike Harcourt and then Glen Clark, both of whom were forced to resign their offices due to corruption scandals), in Ontario (under Bob Rae) and in Alberta (under [[Rachel Notley]], the daughter of former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley) were highly unpopular with voters in those provinces, as is the current NDP government in British Columbia under [[John Horgan]].

The federal NDP had been ideologically further to the Left than the currently-ruling Liberals (until the Liberals, under current leader and Canadian dictator [[Justin Trudeau]], moved further to the Left in recent years to become ideologically equal to the NDP), as are its provincial wings, and they often align with the Liberals on a number of issues, including [[environmentalism]], [[abortion]], tax increases, the [[homosexual agenda]], [[multiculturalism]], imposition of [[Islam]], Aboriginal issues, leniency toward criminals and the "legalization" of [[marijuana]]. The NDP have never held power federally, although their provincial wings have formed governments in [[British Columbia]], [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]], [[Ontario]], [[Nova Scotia]] and the [[Yukon Territory]]. Past NDP governments in British Columbia (under Mike Harcourt and then Glen Clark, both of whom were forced to resign their offices due to corruption scandals), in Ontario (under Bob Rae) and in Alberta (under [[Rachel Notley]], the daughter of former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley) were highly unpopular with voters in those provinces, as is the current NDP regime in British Columbia under [[John Horgan]].

The NDP was formed in 1961 through the merger of its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), with the Canadian Labour Congress in an alliance of the political Left and organized labor in Canada. Because of its left-leaning political platforms<ref name="NDP Dark History">[http://www.poletical.com/a-dark-history-of-the-ndp.php The NDP's Dark History]</ref> and an alliance advocated by then-Alberta CCF president William Irvine with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was the name used by the then-outlawed [[Communist Party of Canada]] between 1943 and 1959 to allow them to run in elections), the CCF and its membership (particularly Tommy Douglas<ref name="NDP Dark History"/>) were accused of having ties to Communism.

The NDP was formed in 1961 through the merger of its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), with the Canadian Labour Congress in an alliance of the political Left and organized labor in Canada. Because of its left-leaning political platforms<ref name="NDP Dark History">[http://www.poletical.com/a-dark-history-of-the-ndp.php The NDP's Dark History]</ref> and an alliance advocated by then-Alberta CCF president William Irvine with the Labor-Progressive Party (which was the name used by the then-outlawed [[Communist Party of Canada]] between 1943 and 1959 to allow them to run in elections), the CCF and its membership (particularly Tommy Douglas<ref name="NDP Dark History"/>) were accused of having ties to Communism.

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{{Liberal Parties in Canada}}

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[[Category:Canadian Political Parties]]

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