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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : New Democratic Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The NDP is noted for its populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots, its close affiliation with organized labour, and, while the party is secular and pluralistic, it has a longstanding relationship with the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement, particularly the United Church of Canada. |
 | | Since then, the federal NDP is not integrated with a provincial party in that province; instead, it has a section, the Nouveau Parti démocratique-Section Québec, whose activities in the province are limited to the federal level, whereas on the provincial level its members are individually free to support or adhere to any party. |
 | | However the party does not allow her to be part of the parliamentary caucus, as the NDP favours the abolition of the Senate. |
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