Editing Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (section)

===New Party===
Federally, during the [[Cold War]], the CCF was accused of having [[Communism|Communist]] leanings. The party moved to address these accusations in 1956 by replacing the Regina Manifesto with a more moderate document, the [[Winnipeg Declaration]]. Nevertheless, the party did poorly in the [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958 federal election]], winning only eight seats.

After much discussion, the CCF and the [[Canadian Labour Congress]] decided to join forces to create a new political party that could make [[social democracy]] more popular with Canadian voters. This party, initially known as the [[New Party (Canada)|New Party]], became the [[New Democratic Party]] (NDP) in 1961.