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To read through the 45 resolutions that the New Democratic Party’s Convention 2021 policy book has placed under its “Redefining Canada’s Place in the World” chapter heading is to be left with the impression, if you’re a reasonably literate observer of the world, that these people have lost their damn minds.
On the bright side, the pathology on such a depressing display in those resolutions doesn’t necessarily afflict New Democrats generally, but rather only broad swaths of the NDP activist base. Most of the resolutions that would insult the intelligence of any genuine social democrat will likely be expunged in advance of the NDP’s “Convention 2021 Virtually” proceedings, which run from Friday to Sunday.