The next year Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis (David's son) accused the Waffle of being "a party within a party" and the party's Provincial Council passed a resolution ordering the Waffle to either disband or leave the NDP.
The next year Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, David's son, accused the Waffle of being "an encumbrance around my neck". On June 24,1972, at the party's Provincial Council in Orillia, Lewis was able to successfully shepherd a resolution ordering the Waffle to either disband or leave the NDP.