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yeah, that benskin (who has been nigh invisible since being elected, after being very present during the election) hasn't endorsed topp yet may suggest that he'll end up going with someone else or sitting the contest out.
I think we can say decisively that if Dewar is willing to put himself through two 90 minute French debates then he isn't planning on dropping out before the Convention.
I do this because it keeps the space aliens away. :) Really, I think people here can keep you sharp and alert and conscious of what's going on out there. Also I'd hope that candidates read these threads and discuss these issues themselves - this informs them of the mind set of the people. The best way to influence another voter is to speak with him/her as an equal and illustrate or demo how left of center thinking is very often more rational than he might have otherwise thought - educate as an equal is best, imho.
I thought they should have named him acting leader.
benskin doesn't speak french though, at least, not well.
Muriel Smith, who served as Deputy Premier of Manitoba for the entirety of the Howard Pawley government and was Canada's first female deputy premier, is endorsing Brian Topp.
A very nice Manitoba endorsement for Topp following the Winnipeg debate.
http://www.briantopp.ca/news/trailblazing-manitoba-feminist-muriel-smith...
My parents (blessed be their memory) were very good friends with her. I think they would have been surprised by that. They voted for Rosemary Brown. I think they would have voted for Mulcair.
Pat Martin has been quoted as saying he will remain neutral.
I sure like Leo Girard
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/928929/united-steelworkers-help-swell-ra...
It looks like Topp received some super support in Manitoba. And also from the Steelworkers.
CFL