(Ottawa) The National Democratic Party (NPD) National Council will meet on Monday evening to choose its acting chief.
Posted at 3:50 p.m.
David Baxter
Canadian press
Jagmeet Singh announced the election evening, a week ago, which he resigned as soon as a acting chief would be chosen.
The NPD was reduced to only seven seats in the April 28 elections and no longer has the official party status.
Two party officials claim that the NPD caucus met twice last week to discuss who will run the party until the end of the leadership race.
The National Council makes the final decision concerning the interim chief, but this decision is based on the comments of the Caucus.
The rules of the next race for management and the date of the vote should be finalized later.
The NPD has three seats in British Columbia, one in Alberta, one in Manitoba, one in Quebec and the only seat in Nunavut.
Quebec deputy Alexandre Boulerice was deputy leader of the Jagmeet Singh party.
Mr. Singh was part of the dozen defeated neo-democratic deputies during one of the worst results never recorded by the party.
The last time the NPD lost its official party status was during the 1993 elections, where it was reduced to nine seats.
The NPD regained its party status in the 1997 elections, winning 21 seats.
Former deputy Charlie Angus claims that the NPD has lost contact with his base supporters and focused too much on the personality of the chief.
The NPD Albertain voted massively this weekend in favor of the possibility for its members to escape compulsory membership in the federal party when registering at the provincial level.
With information from Catherine Morrison, Ottawa, and Lisa Johnson, in Edmonton.
