NDP Parliamentary Funding Reinstated Despite Lack of Official Party Status

NDP Leader Avi Lewis, centre, speaks during a press conference with his party on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 13, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The NDP is set to receive $670,000 in parliamentary funding, even though the party lost its official status last year.

The Board of Internal Economy, the governing body of the House of Commons made up of members of each major party, decided unanimously to grant the parliamentary funds to the NDP.