Posted AT 7:45 AM EST on 14/07/08
The 'New' in New Democrats no longer cuts it
Michael Byers, the hard-driven academic from Lotus Land, just joined the New Democratic Party as a star candidate. Already, he wants change, big change, starting with the party's name.
It's time for the NDP to take on more maturity, he says, and drop the "New." He wants it to be called simply the Democratic Party, which would link it to the U.S. Democrats. "It's something that I'm personally proposing and will pursue," says Mr. Byers. "I've been talking to people.
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