In the last leadership campaign, the fee was only $15,000...still exorbitant for what is supposed to be a "people's party"...but what possible grounds can there be for doubling that?
And how can a $30,000 fee lead to anything but a guarantee that only the blandest, most conservative, most anti-social movement people possible will be allowed to seek the leadership of the only party in Canadian politics that has any potential at all for being a force for social and economic transformation?
Why should the party be using the entrance fee as a means of preventing change?
And what possible defense can there be of doing this?