OYL and the NDP

Well, 2 topics that have nothing to do with each other, but since I'm too lazy to write 2 posts, they get crunched in together.

First off, good on the NDP for denouncing Robert McClelland's posting. [Cherniak writes about it in detail in his post before that one]. I haven't been as vocally opposed as Cherniak and Kinsella over Robert's past miss-speaks, and some of what he had said in the past could almost possibly maybe be explained, but this goes far over the line. No sane person could ever justify a comment like that, even in the heat of a debate, even in any sort of sarcastic reference. The NDP did the right move in denouncing that, since there is absolutely no place for that rhetoric in the party, let alone as the head of a prominent organization.


On a second, completely separate matter, the OYL had their yearly AGM this past weekend, recapped by Justin Tetreault. I was unfortunately not able to make it, but it sounds like it was fun, as most young liberal weekend gatherings are. Since I've been out of the country, I haven't been following everything as closely (aside from the many random facebook invites), but looks like a good team has been assembled. Since I've only really been a member for about a year now, and most of the time we've been worried about leadership, I haven't had too much contact with the old team, and look forward to working with Jacob Mksyartinian and the rest of the group that was elected.

(on a side note, why does the OYL have to keep electing presidents with long, tough last names? Teliszewsky and now Mksyartinian. Gonna take me a while to be able to spell that one right)