That's why the NDP can, in all seriousness, put on a one man play where the central character is the Multilateral Investment Agreement. I am not making this up. Have a look at the community events section of the NDP website. They are all brothers and sisters in the struggle, after all. The Canadian Left has cornered the market on seriousness, and nowhere is it more evident than when they're being funny.
Liberals go to political conventions to get lucky.
And NDPers go to political conventions to get pamphlets. Recently the NDP has been taking a beating. They're down to 9 seats in Ontario and lost party status. In New Brunswick's provincial election on Monday the NDP was reduced to a single seat. They only sent 20 MPs to Ottawa, and a handful to the Alberta legislature.