2000 Delegates, candidates and fellow New Democrats. Last week, Ralph Klein threw down a gauntlet by saying that he was kicking off the provincial campaign. Today, as I accept your decision to confirm my leadership, I will pick up that gauntlet and we will all take on Ralph Klein. Since our last convention, we have been a party on the move.
Membership is up.
More and more candidates are being nominated. Our finances are in the black. And we have a Calgary office open for the first time in a long time. And perhaps even more telling, our youth section is bursting at the seams. Our youth are getting politically engaged.