Conservative, NDP debates a show of contrast

Watching the two leadership campaigns, someone unfamiliar with Canadian politics could be forgiven for thinking that it is the Conservatives and not the New Democrats who have been out in the wilderness for so long that they are desperate to jump on anything that glitters, even when it is manifestly fool's gold.
NDP MPs and leadership candidates Peter Julian, Charlie Angus, Guy Caron, and Niki Ashton.
To compare the leadership debates of the Conservatives and the New Democrats on the basis of the latter's first all-candidates meeting is to engage in a study in contrast. The Conservative campaign features an overcrowded podium, essentially proving in the process that an abundance of candidates do...

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