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It is normal for party conventions to invigorate party members but highly unusual to have them invigorate the opposition.

But the NDP members were all smiles Monday as they needled the UCP about the weekend convention.

At the top of the list was the most contentious resolution of the weekend, one that would effectively “out” children who join gay-straight alliances in their school.

During policy debate Sunday morning, three UCP MLAs — the party’s deputy leader, house leader and whip — pleaded with members to defeat the resolution.

But members voted in favour of it.

That resolution received the most media coverage on the weekend but there were others that could also cause trouble for the UCP in the future.

One called for the restoration of the flat income tax.

The NDP says this a “$700-million giveaway” to the wealthiest Albertans.

Another resolution called for health care that is both privately funded and privately delivered.

Monday afternoon, when the UCP demanded during question period to know what the NDP will do about long wait times for health care, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman quickly shot back, “Well, Mr. Speaker, if they believe in public health care, why did they just pass resolutions on the weekend to privatize health care?”

Another controversial resolution calls for the Alberta Teachers’ Association to be split into its two component parts: union and professional regulatory body. This has been a dream of conservatives who consider the ATA too powerful. But the resolution is sure to irritate many of the association’s 43,000 members.