One final point of interest from Allen Blakeney's appearance last night.
While I haven't heard any final crowd estimates, Blakeney's book launch more than packed the 190-seat RPL film theatre.
Dwain Lingenfelter's campaign launch attracted roughly half that much attendance.
One can explain the difference away at least in part based on the location, time of day, or potentially more broad interest of a book launch. But it still seems noteworthy that a premier who left office two and a half decades ago can outdraw the apparent top contender for the NDP's leadership - and that may hint at some latent public interest which could be tapped into by any contender who takes up Blakeney's call for participatory politics.
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