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Canada's Young New Democrats (CYND) (French: Jeunes néo-démocrates du Canada (JNDC)), officially the New Democratic Youth of Canada, are the youth wing of the New Democratic Party of Canada. Any party member, aged 25 or under is automatically a member of the CYND and is eligible to attend and vote in the youth wing's convention. The current co-chairs of the organization, Armaan Singh and Ellen Li, were elected during the 2023 Federal New Democratic Party (NDP) Convention, along with the rest of its executive.

The CYND is autonomous of the main party. It sends its own delegates to the federal convention and council.

Traditionally, members of the CYND have tended to be more ideologically driven than the rest of the party. Since Jack Layton took over the helm of the party in 2003, the youth base has grown and now incorporates a wider base of progressive youth.

It typically elects its executives for two year terms at its own convention, usually held the day before the NDP holds its conventions.

Reaction to 2015 election loss and push for party renewal

In the lead up to the 2015 election, the CYND had been openly critical of leader Thomas Mulcair when he broke with long standing NDP principles, in particular on matters of foreign policy. After the stunning 2015 election that saw Thomas Mulcair lose official opposition status, the party was heading into a leadership review at 2016 convention in Edmonton.

One month before the leadership review CYND members from two Montreal Universities published an open letter in Le Devoir calling on Thomas Mulcair to resign.

Pressure continued to mount on Mulcair when it was reported that NDP McGill had submitted a resolution to CYND convention that would urge all CYND member delegates to vote for a leadership race.

On the eve of the Edmonton convention, the CYND published an open letter urging members to vote for party renewal, becoming the first official section of the NDP to call for members to "support a new direction, and a new style of leadership." Many members of the CYND spoke out about the need for party renewal throughout convention, organizing votes to trigger a leadership election.

A few days later, the membership of the NDP followed the lead of the CYND with a majority of the delegates to the Edmonton Convention voting for a new leadership race. This was the first time in Canadian history that a leader of a political party had lost a leadership review.

The process started at the 2016 Edmonton Convention culminated for a new leadership in the election of Ontario NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh on October 1, 2017, after he won on first ballot with 53.8 per cent of the vote.

References

1. Constitution of the New Democratic Party of Canada. New Democratic Party. 2018. p. 9. There shall be an autonomous youth section of the NDP of Canada whose name shall be the New Democratic Youth of Canada and whose constitution shall not conflict with the constitution of the NDP of Canada.
2. ^ Constitution of the New Democratic Party of Canada. New Democratic Party. 2009. p. 11.
3. ^ "Constitution of the New Democratic Youth of Canada". New Democratic Youth of Canada. 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
4. Constitution of the New Democratic Party of Canada. New Democratic Party. 2009. pp. 5, 9.
5. "NDP's Youth Wing Chides Mulcair For Not Condemning Israeli Attacks In Gaza". HuffPost Canada. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
6. "Quebec NDPers call for renewal ahead of Edmonton convention | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
7. "'Anger and despair': NDP McGill, Concordia call for Thomas Mulcair to quit". CBC. March 15, 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
8. Mitrovica, Andrew (2016-03-18). "For Mulcair, the knives are already out". iPolitics. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
9. "We're young New Democrats — and we want our party back". iPolitics. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
10. "NDP youth wing expected to seek new leadership". Retrieved 2019-03-08.
11. Power, Samantha (2016-04-10). "New Democrats Say Goodbye to Mulcair, Vote for Leadership Change". The Tyee. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
12. Wherry, Aaron (April 10, 2016). "Rejecting Mulcair, NDP delegates vote in favour of new leadership race". CBC. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
13. "Jagmeet Singh makes history with NDP leadership victory on first ballot". The Globe and Mail. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-08.

External links

• British Columbia Young New Democrats
• New Democratic Youth of Alberta
• Manitoba Young New Democrats
• Ontario New Democratic Youth
• New Brunswick Young New Democrats
• Jeunes néo-démocrates du Québec

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