The federal NDP had its worst election ever. Now what? [Video]

British Columbia New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan says she’s been here before.

In 2001, Kwan was a member of the B.C. legislature when the Liberals decimated the provincial NDP government, winning 77 of 79 seats.

Kwan was one of only two New Democrats who kept their seats.

“I’m not a stranger to this environment,” Kwan said from her office in Vancouver. “We came back stronger.”

In the federal NDP’s worst performance ever, the party went into the campaign with 24 MPs and limped away from Monday’s election with just seven. Kwan is one of the survivors.

“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done. There’s no question about it,” she said.

The NDP lost its recognized party status, which requires a minimum of 12 members in Parliament.

That will fundamentally alter the NDP’s capacity in Ottawa.

In the House of Commons, …