The New Democratic Party of Canada is the leading leftist party in Canadian politics. Founded in 1961 by Tommy Douglas out of a split by the Christian-left party, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), the NDP's roots spawn from a hardline socialist ideology not found in modern Canadian politics. Today under the leadership of Thomas Mulcair the NDP has seen a change in policy and a considerable shift to the political centre; even going as far as removing the term "[i]socialism[/i]" out of the party's constitution. The modern NDP is akin to the U.K's New Labour movement and with Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn at it's helm promises to bring Labour back to it's traditional socialist roots. So the question now stands: should the NDP do the same by embracing it's Marxist style approach to politics after the election? Or should the party continue to mirror the moderate social democratic ideology of New Labour to shamelessly form a government?