Federal Politics
Barrett supported Alexa McDonough's successful bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party in 1995. She later served on a committee that reviewed the federal New Democratic Party's outreach strategy in 2001, and supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal NDP in 2002-03. Barrett ran federal Member of Parliament Pat Martin's re-election campaign in the 2006 federal election.
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