The NDP s missing constitution
April 27, 2011 6:00 PM |
By Leslie MacKinnon
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Where in the world is the federal NDP s constitution? It s not on the NDP s website, unlike any
of the other national...
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The NDP s missing constitution
April 27, 2011 6:00 PM |
By Leslie MacKinnon
EMAIL | PRINT | REPORT TYPO | SEND YOUR FEEDBACK |
Where in the world is the federal NDP s constitution? It s not on the NDP s website, unlike any
of the other national mainstream parties running in this election.
Now that the NDP is within shouting distance - maybe- of forming government, a lot of people
might want to take a closer look at the party, at its founding goals and principles.
Questions to the NDP s media hotline yield the response that the NDP constitution is "an
internal document", available to members only, and that the NDP is running on its platform, not
on its constitution.
And yet, anyone who wants to join the NDP has to first agree to abide by its
constitution, presumably without getting a chance to read it.
The NDP s constitution is hard to ferret out, but there are copies to be found on the internet,
dating from 2001 and 2003, and of course there s no way of telling if the ideas exp
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