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Why We Should Pay Attention to Political Party Conventions

Why We Should Pay Attention to Political Party Conventions
NDP delegates gather on the party convention floor in Ottawa on Feb. 16, 2018. Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand
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Political party conventions are very strange events. Your special ID opens a mysterious portal into a twilight world of frantic resolution debates, rabble-rousing speeches, anxious caucusing, and generally a whole lot of bad coffee, adrenaline, and pamphlets that the rest of the country watches with… uh… hey, we’re having a convention, can I interest you in subclause 3? And yet they are strangely revealing.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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