Well, I had the chance and I took it, albeit, I didn't get all of what I wanted to say, said.
I won't lie, as a man, he is an impressive speaker to see first person, and while I don't disagree with 100% of everything he has to say, his Afghanistan position is just too wrong for me to ignore.
He started warming up the crowd, and talking about the NDP. He offered to the audience that the NDP is typically better behaved than other parties, and he asked why we thought this might be true. I shouted out "Because there are fewer of you!" and he said "Because they're afraid of me?" I shouted again, more clearly, "BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER OF YOU!" - Nervous laugh from Jack (probably thinking "tough crowd" as this was the first two minutes of him talking).
He spoke at length, mostly party stuff, and was almost entirely an NDP pitch. He then opened up questions from the floor, and although the first question sounded almost staged (he used it to talk for almost 10 minutes), he picked me! My question was inspired by Reccesoldier:
"If the NDP support the international charter of human rights, regard homosexuality as natural and are firm supporters of women's equality and rights:
Why would you advocate sharing power in Afghanistan with a radical and extremist group who have executed women for the crime of having been raped, stoned homosexuals to death, commited mass persecution of ethnic groups, and by its own declaration does not allow politics or political parties? I am of course speaking of the Taliban. How do you plan to share government with a group of religious extremist thugs with an agenda that refutes general elections, democracy, and non-Fundamentalist Islamic influence?"
I asked it in two parts, after he started to dodge the first part, I challenged him, but he continued to make pains avoiding it. Good on him though, managed to avoid the grenade which I don't think he was 100% expecting, or ready for.
I spoke to him afterwards, and said while I do not disagree with everything he says, "I think you are absolutely out to lunch on Afghanistan." Furthermore, he wasn't wearing a poppy, tsk tsk to his handlers! "This might help your message an awful lot more." As I took mine off, and gave it to him. He promptly thanked me, and pinned it on his suit lapel - and his aide in the background started making excuses about one being "on his winter jacket". I patted his shoulder and said "Good luck in the polls." He seemed quite unsure as how to respond to it, as I didn't say it, or mean it, in an entirely friendly way.
I left, as I had another class to go to. Pictures of him turned up on facebook almost immediately afterwards, with him wearing my poppy! I've included it for everyone's benefit.