If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa, it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: If there was one lesson at the weekend Conservative convention in Ottawa; it was that leadership races can turn hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of campaign material into instant junk. Even ceiling at the Ottawa Civic Cente was littered- with huge blue Patrick Nowlan balloons. But there were people in clean-up squad who were collecting mounds of souvenirs; including 9-year-old Rolf Dinsdale of Ottawa.