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The Party is conducting a modest Review and Renewal Process which will complete its final report in November, 2025.

The purpose of the Review and Renewal process is primarily focused on gaining understanding of the NDP’s 2025 Federal Election Campaign and providing recommendations to the Party on the next steps forward. Emilie Taman, the head of this process, is a volunteer who is conducting this work diligently and as thoroughly as she can. However, the Review and Renewal Process does not have a goal of determining the common shared values of the NDP members, nor identifying what our party believes in. 

The NDP Renewal Initiative is focused on inspiring people to become new members and share what they believe our party should look like.

Inspired by the Renewal Committee Report to the 1995 Federal Convention, our plan is to engage NDP members from coast to coast to coast in a comprehensive renewal of our Party. We want to provoke a vigorous debate on our structures, our policy and our next platform and provoke ideas and discussion on how to renew our Party from the ground up. 

Our goal is to table our Renewal report and recommendations in the form of resolutions to the March 2026 Federal NDP Convention in Winnipeg.

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The NDP’s history has included past renewal efforts. Notably, in 1993, the NDP also found itself without party-status and with a large debt from its campaign. At the time, a young Peter Julian (future NDP MP for New-Westminster–Burnaby and NDP House Leader) was hired by the NDP to coordinate the work of a terrific volunteer Renewal Committee. Through months of work and organizing, the Renewal Committee received over 1200 submissions from riding associations, NDP members, union locals, and civil society groups about what the NDP should look like. 

Through months of consensus building and democratic debates by the grassroots of the party, the Renewal Document was presented and passed at the 1995 Convention. This document identified NDP values and vision for Canada and set the tone for the years to come for the NDP, laying the groundwork for successful leaders such as Alexa McDonough and Jack Layton. 

If you’re curious about the 1995 Renewal Report, you can read it here: 1995 Renewal Report

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NDP Renewal does not support or oppose any candidate for the leadership of the New Democratic Party of Canada.

The NDP Renewal Initiative is independent of any Leadership campaign. Our goal is to unite NDP members around a new set of core values rather than around a specific leader. Our goal is that NDP Leadership candidates endorse our efforts and encourage their own supporters to participate in our work.

We welcome individuals from any campaign that has been recognized by the Leadership Contest’s Chief Electoral Officer.

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None of our core organizers for NDP Renewal are employed by the Federal NDP. While many of our core organizers have at one point worked for the party over many years, currently, none of us are being paid to work on rebuilding the party. 

We are primarily a group of experienced organizers and dedicated party volunteers who are passionate about Canada’s most progressive party and believe that for the NDP to be politically powerful, it must be deeply rooted in its grassroots. 

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Reclaim Canada's NDP is a grassroots movement founded by local NDP riding associations, former MPs, candidates, staff, and volunteers.

Reclaim Canada's NDP has inspired many who have been frustrated with the Party’s leadership. The goal of Reclaim Canada's NDP is to empower local EDAs and help democratize the party. 

While the NDP Renewal Initiative has some similar objectives, we believe that identifying shared values and deepening our understanding of what we believe in is essential to rebuilding the party. 

After the devastating results of the 2025 Federal Election, there is room for all of these efforts to move forward as a party, and we are excited about working collaboratively with everyone.

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For our work to be successful, we need your help.

1. Fill out our survey. This is an essential part of knowing what NDP members care about, and what they want to see from our elected officials. 
2. Participate in discussions on Discourse. This is how we will form consensus on policies and the development of our Declaration we want passed at Convention.
3. Become a member of the NDP and join your local EDA. Rebuilding cannot simply take place online. We need to talk to people in our communities and work towards the next general election. 
4. Host a town hall, discussion group, or debate in your community to discuss what the NDP should look like.
5. Stay engaged with the work we do and actions by signing up for our newsletter.
6. Attend the 2026 Winnipeg Convention to help us pass our finished declaration!