Help Rename The NDP

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Really, why stop at “New”?

Nearly 50 years after the New Democratic Party was founded, its members are soon to decide whether to lop “new” from their name.
The question is whether to do it abruptly in two weeks at a convention in Halifax or to put it to a consultation process and make the decision in two years at the half-century mark.
Whether the NDP should be renamed the “Democratic Party” promises a lively debate and vote by about 1,000 delegates at the party’s national biennial convention in Halifax Aug. 14-16th.

Yes, it’s a contest!

143 Replies to “Help Rename The NDP”

  3. the “Tommys” as a new name is nice…..
    or mebbe the ‘Earth’s Stewards” party ?…or is that too clumsy or mouthfullable…?
    gee…this is fun…..howbout the ‘Euthanasiasts and Final term Abortion” party ?…nah…too controversial…we want to focus on all the GOOD they do already don’t we ?

  6. As I’ve offered elsewhere..The DP’s……It has a smart new sound much like The OC yet resonates with older demographic that relates to the good old days of WWII.
    Syncro

  10. I was thinking along animal lines…the US democrats have their donkey emblem, what would work for these guys? After some thought, I suggest *Taenia solium* , a type of pork tapeworm. It’s perfect! It spends most of its life cycle as a parasite and almost none in the real world. It commonly causes brain damage to those it comes in contact with, and it camouflages itself from detection by the immune system by frequently changing its antigenic “appearance”.
    We could call them the “Taenies” for short.

  12. If ya took a bit of duct tape and joined them with Bucky the Beaver’s party you could call it the Red Green Party!

  13. I dunno. Can’t think of anything. Probably ’cause I don’t worry about those clowns, seeing as they’re irrelevant and terminally silly. I’m surprised they wear normal-sized shoes.
    Too exhausted with calling the Liberals funny names to come up with anything else.

  17. The Dopes for Votes Party.
    Their slogan could be, “Vote for Dopes for Votes”.
    It would make a great ad on CBC Radio: Try saying it in the three million different accents you hear around the neighbourhood.

  19. some suggestion: If you Don’t scream
    Canadian Democratic multiculturalism Party (CDMP)
    Canadian Republic & Democratic Multi-culture Party
    Canadian Republic & Democratic Multi-culture Party
    Multiculturalism or multi-culture
    ===
    If Name change the contents must change too, so as
    mission must change and plan must change too
    nobody likes Name change with no meaning to carry
    Then if we choose Democratic Party we need one
    Republican too I guess
    ====

  25. Let us see now.
    So called New Democratic Party is neither new nor democratic. The “democratic” part is attached to the totalitarians to fool people; you must admit that it works about 16 % of the time. The term “Democratic” in the name of this group is much in the sense of the German Democratic Republic of old, the most totalitarian of the communist dominated countries of the later part of the 20th century.

  28. On the other hand if it will name itself Democratic, this would give a whole new meaning to the term. It is more likely that they want to become something akin to the Democratic Party of the US, maybe easier to fool more people more of the time.

  30. Meet the old socialist same as the new socialist party.
    Slogan; “Untie,you have nothing to lose but your brains”

  31. Darn I was hoping to get in National Socialist Workers Party first but I see a few have beaten me to it. So how about the Canadian Clueless Communist Party or the CCCP

  32. The ‘Sanctimonious Lazy A-hole Communist Know-it-all Eugenic Raving Socialist’ party of Canada,or ,for short,f’en leftwing idiots.

  33. Bad Breath Party
    Get Off My Porch Party
    No Soap Party
    Your Head Looks Like My Ass Party
    Stinky Feet Party
    Bad B.O. Party
    The Pity Party

  34. Astonishingly Inept Dippy Socialists – AIDS for short. Their is no known cure for their economic policies, so there is a reasonable connection.

  35. I forgot to mention that dropping “new” could be related to the inane postings by someone with that handle – I’d want to drop it too, so I can’t really blame Smilin’ Jack!

  40. Canadian Leftwing Advancement Party, aka The CLAP?
    Posted by: noddyrules at August 3, 2009 8:41 PM
    Sorry, you were first! Great minds think alike!

  42. The Anti-Christian Party of Canada
    The New Taliban Party of Canada, led by Taliban Jack

  43. The question on the linked web site asks: Should the NDP remove the “new” from their name?
    I think they should remove the “democratic” from their name.
    I suggest: The Nutbar Dangerous Party. Same acronym; they won’t even have to change their stationery!
    Barring that, I like the suggestion from ‘turtle’@10:20 p.m.

  45. As long as they do not steal the name of my political party: Clown Party of Canada. [Offical opposition of the Rhino Party.]
    If I had thousands of dollars to waste I’ run against Biffy or Jack, and probably win if I had some of you writing your accurate observations.
    I would suggest Chow [meaning “so long” or “good-by”] Jack; therefore Chow Jack Party

  46. 1) Dope Pushers
    2) Dung Piles
    3) Disorderly People
    4) Doggie Poop
    5) Damned Pussies
    6) Dodging Pipers
    7) Disaster Painters

  49. Yup – National Socialist Workers Party – was my first pick also, to many other’s beat me to it.
    Just call it LABOR and be done with it……

  50. I vote for turtle at 10:20. “Taenies” has a nice ring to it, and if people have to ask what a name means they may remember the answer. As an aside, does anybody else remember the election when the Sask. NDP attempted to brand themselves as the “New Deal for People”? The campaign fell flat when someone asked, “What would anybody want with a nude eel?”

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