Thousands of new democrats descended upon the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on the week-end to elect a new leader. Here are a few moments - in photos. With great thanks to photographer John Maclennan for sharing his wonderful images.  Other photos are are courtesy of rabble staff and volunteers, and columnist Elizabeth Littlejohn.

During the NDP leadership race, rabble.ca invited all the leadership candidates to participate in interviews in which rabble readers ask the questions. Nathan Cullen, Brian Topp, Peggy Nash, Paul Dewar and Niki Ashton all agreed to answer your questions in a live interactive Q&A session. Thomas Mulcair declined our invitation and Martin Singh did not respond. As the March 24 convention date rapidly approaches, here’s a reminder of what the NDP candidates had to say to babble, rabble.ca’s online discussion forum.