"Long-time party activist Tarek Fatah has gone so far as to say he might quit if the NDP goes too far in formalizing ties to religion, particularly groups with conservative views on homosexuality or the role of women."
Looks like the NDP could do Canada a favour and fragment.
That's what those far-left extremists are asking for.
I can definitely tolerate the traditional-left wing of the NDP (which has in large part moved to the Conservatives nowadays). But they were the first party to move to the urban-yuppie left which is socially destructive (the Liberals have since followed).