Template talk:New Democratic Party

Third party status?
The NDP in Newfoundland and Labrador currently don't have any status at all in the House of Assembly. Because their caucus consists only of one MHA, they're not recognized as a party at all in the House. Should a new section on the template be created for those that have members in a legislature but don't actually have any status? Sima Yi (talk) 16:39, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, it looks like no one is interested in discussing this, so I went ahead and made the change. the NDP in Alberta & Newfoundland and Labrador are both in their own section for NDP branches with no official status now. Sima Yi (talk) 08:08, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Leap Manifesto
I moved the Leap Manifesto from the 'factions' section to 'see also'. As noted in the Leap Manifesto article, the document did indeed become closely linked to the NDP, particularly after it was adopted as an item to be debated by riding associations at the 2016 convention. However, unlike other noted 'factions' of the NDP, such as The Waffle and the Socialist Caucus, the Leap did not emerge from within the NDP, and in fact its authors and signatories were adamant that it was a non-partisan effort. There's no denying that Leap organizers (e.g. Avi Lewis) worked hard to sell the manifesto to the NDP, believing that party to be the most likely to give it a fair reading, and it's certainly true that the manifesto ultimately caused a lot of turmoil within the NDP. But I think to call it an actual faction of the NDP is a stretch, and doing so obscures the broader and ongoing history of the Leap Manifesto and The Leap organization, as detailed in the manifesto's article. In other words, while the Leap Manifesto was fractious, I don't believe it was a proper faction within the party. Please respond here if you disagree or want to discuss. (I could see an argument that the Leap Manifesto should be included in the 'key documents' section, but that might suggest it had a bigger impact than it actually has had).

The Courage Coalition (which does not currently have its own article), an early incarnation of which (Renewal) was involved in organizing to have the Leap resolution passed at the 2016 convention, might more accurately be described as an NDP faction, but even in that case the group's focus is as much on social movement-organizing as on organizing within the NDP. Other justin (talk) 23:27, 7 April 2021 (UTC)