OTTAWA — The cash-strapped federal NDP is getting a $670,000 monetary enhance.
Members of the opposite essential political events on the Board of Inner Economic system have determined to grant the parliamentary funds, although the NDP doesn’t have official occasion standing.
As first reported by Politico Canada, the foundations had been quietly modified in a doc that outlines MP pay and funding for the yr, decreasing the benchmark for a celebration to obtain Home officer funding from 12 seats to 6 — the variety of MPs within the NDP caucus.
NDP parliamentary chief Don Davies says the cash might be used to rent analysis and assist employees to assist the caucus perform its duties.
Davies advocated for the NDP to get an exemption to the funding rule final yr, after they elected simply seven members and didn’t obtain this funding in consequence.
Davies says this funding is predicated on what number of MPs had been elected initially of Parliament, so it gained’t be misplaced if Quebec NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice exits federal politics to affix Quebec Solidaire.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed April 15, 2026.
David Baxter, The Canadian Press