NDP Interim Leader Don Davies publicly disputed a CTV News report Saturday claiming his party is open to providing the Speaker of the House in exchange for parliamentary resources, calling the headline inaccurate.
Davies responded on social media to the report, saying he never made such a proposal and had not heard of any discussions about the arrangement. The CTV article, published Saturday morning, carried the headline: “Interim NDP leader says party ‘open’ to Speaker of the House role in exchange for resources.”
“Ridiculous headline. Read the article – I said no such thing,” Davies wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Never heard of this proposal, no discussion of it, will never happen.”
The article by CTV reporter Stephanie Ha says that Davies said his party is “open to taking on the Speaker of the House position in exchange for resources, but insists the scenario is ‘hypothetical’ and no such discussion has taken place with the Liberals.”
The NDP currently holds seven seats in Parliament, falling short of the 12 seats required for official party status. Without official status, the party loses access to committee participation, research budgets, and parliamentary resources that Parliament grants to recognized parties.
Davies became interim leader in May 2025 after Jagmeet Singh resigned following the party’s worst electoral performance in its history. The NDP has been publicly advocating for parliamentary resources despite lacking official party status, with Davies previously calling party status “an elastic concept.”
Members of Parliament traditionally elect the Speaker of the House, a position that requires strict political neutrality and effectively reduces the governing party’s voting strength by one seat.
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