Dear Friend,                        August 4, 2009

We want to thank you for your support, your encouragement, and your generous volunteerism and hard work during the 2008 federal NDP election campaign in Ottawa-Vanier. Without your help, we could not have done nearly as well as we did.

On October 14th, Canadians elected 37 NDP Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. It was the second most successful election campaign in the history of our political movement.  And even though we didn’t win in Ottawa-Vanier, there is still much we can be proud of. We waged a highly visible campaign, one that advanced a message of social justice and environmental stewardship. This was a message that resonated with 8,845 Ottawa-Vanier voters (17.1% of the popular vote). We had a great team of volunteers who worked tirelessly to spread the NDP’s message of positive change throughout the community, so much so that the mainstream media took notice with a columnist from The Ottawa Sun newspaper endorsing me as the best candidate in our riding.