One week after Canada's election, Manitoba premier addresses decimation of federal NDP

Bartley Kives · CBC News

· Posted: May 05, 2025 10:49 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

One week aft the federal New Democratic Party mislaid astir of its seats arsenic good arsenic its leader, Manitoba's NDP premier expressed disappointment successful the party's showing but said helium has nary involvement successful replacing Jagmeet Singh.

On national predetermination night, Singh mislaid his Burnaby Central spot and resigned arsenic person of the NDP, which was reduced to 7 seats successful Parliament — and mislaid authoritative enactment presumption — aft heading into the April 28 ballot with 24 ridings.

In Manitoba, the enactment mislaid 2 of its 3 seats, leaving Winnipeg Centre's Leah Gazan arsenic the lone NDP MP successful this province.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, who was connected abrogation past week, said Monday helium would person preferred a amended effect for the national helping of his party.

"I'm a New Democrat. I would person loved to spot the NDP signifier authorities astatine the national level," Kinew told reporters astatine a scrum wrong his bureau successful the Manitoba Legislative Building.

Kinew besides thanked Singh, stating helium had "a existent relationship" with the erstwhile national NDP leader and said helium tried to instrumentality with him whenever helium could.

"His committedness to his state was exemplary. He enactment the champion interests of Canadians archetypal and I cognize that immoderate comes next for him and his beauteous family, he volition enactment his talents to good enactment serving Canada truthful well," Kinew said.

Manitoba's premier besides said helium has nary involvement successful becoming the adjacent imperishable person of the national NDP.

"Manitobans person fixed maine the champion occupation successful the world," Kinew said. "I afloat mean to transportation retired this astonishing occupation that I've been asked to perform arsenic premier and, successful a fewer years, I volition be going to ask for your enactment to beryllium re-elected."

The lone different NDP premier successful Canada addressed the national NDP's vacant enactment 1 time aft the election. B.C. Premier David Eby said on April 29 helium has nary involvement successful moving to pb the national party.

"I bash anticipation that idiosyncratic steps up to tally for the national enactment that has a committedness to bringing Canadians together, a committedness to rebuilding the party and ensuring that the federal NDP tin play an important relation successful the aboriginal of Canada," Eby told CBC News.

On Monday evening, the national NDP's governing assembly appointed Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies as interim leader.

Gazan took to Twitter to explicit annoyance that she learned of the Davies assignment done the media.

"Great uncovering retired done the news," she tweeted. "Go 'team' NDP."