Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Conventional wisdom

While the leadership race will naturally make for the most-discussed part of the Saskatchewan NDP's convention next month, there's plenty more on the agenda as well. So let's note a couple of other points worth watching.

First, the policy resolutions (warning: PDF) to be discussed include more than a few which figure to be part of NDP discussions for the future. Alongside competing resolutions as to what to do about the nuclear industry, NDP delegates will be discussing a province-wide public transportation strategy, anti-discrimination provisions for gender identity and gender expression, a guaranteed income plan, public access to greater amounts of medical information, and outright dropping property tax funding for education.

Second, the leadership race isn't the only election being held at the convention, as the leadership vote on Saturday will be followed by executive votes on Sunday. And it'll be interesting to see both which leadership campaigns will have their own preferred candidates ready to serve on the executive, and whether the delegates who vote on those positions will have a different take on the party's direction than the members voting for the leadership.

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