Sunday Afternoon: Leadership Race and Wind Chill

sunday afternoon: More than a 1,000 people attended, many young, according to Rabble. Their evident enthusiasm indicated they thought it worth braving Ottawa's wicked wind chill to be there. Please consider supporting his work with a monthly donation Support Karl on Patreon today for as little as 1 per month!NDP organizers seemed almost giddy Sunday afternoon at the success of the de-facto launch of the party's leadership race, the first candidates' debate, at a downtown Ottawa hotel. One person who attended rated the four candidates in this way Guy Caron, because of his substantive ideas, candid way of expressing himself in both languages, and surprising flashes of humour;Niki Ashton, because of her poise and clear commitment to a progressive vision with the caveat traditional working class NDP voters in Hamilton or Windsor might not relate to Ashton's talk of such matters as intersectionality ;Peter Julian, for his solid, if somewhat too-earnest-by-half, grasp of the issues; and Charlie Angus, who came in last mostly because his French seemed, to this debate watcher, a bit on the dubious side. Others thought all candidates acquitted themselves well, and none were either winners or losers. The northern Ontario MP did get points for folksy charm, even if some thought he might have laid it on a bit thick at times. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.