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01/23/2003 Archived Entry: "NDP Convention"

FOR ALL FOUR OF OUR CANADIAN READERS INTERESTED IN LEFTIST POLITICS: I have been given the assignment (alright, alright, I assigned myself) of covering for this website the New Democratic Party Leadership Convention at the National Trade Centre here in balmy, tropical Toronto. It'll be three glorious days of socialist gladhanding, fatuous speeches from people 90% of Canadians have never heard of, and pie-in-the-sky resolution-making by the raving-left party base (repeal Free Trade, anyone????), but someone has to do it. Also, I need something to fill out my resume, given the massive employment prospects one can expect to go along with a honours degree in Literary Studies and Philosophy, even if it is from my beloved University of Toronto. Unfortunately the NDP will not have the honour of being the first "blogged convention," since I believe in writing reports up in article form. The esteemed editor of this site, Steven Martinovich, has agreed to taking on the considerable inconvenience of posting my daily dispatches from the convention on the main website, so if you care, just check it out. The first dispatch should be up on Saturday morning. As well, I plan to cover the Progressive Conservative Party Convention at the end of May, before moving on to the political year's climactic Paul Martin Coronation Party in November, thanks to all three parties' decision to locate their respective leadership conventions here in Toronto. That is one bandwagon I'm glad everyone managed to jump onto.