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CAROL OFF, JEFF DOUGLAS (HOSTS):
JEFF DOUGLAS: Well you won't be confused about which door to go in. I guess... probably. This weekend, members of the Conservative Party of Canada will gather at the Toronto Congress Center to choose a new leader. They will be wearing formal wear or dress casual, but attendees of the Anime North convention will also be at the Toronto Congress Center. They will be dressed as Pikachu or Sailor Moon or any of dozens of other characters.
Iris Robin is attending the latter. And she's created a costume that pokes a little fun at the coincidental events. We reached Ms. Robin at Anime North in Toronto.
CAROL OFF: Iris, can you describe the costume that you're wearing to the Anime North convention.
IRIS ROBIN: Because I am wearing it is General Hux from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's a military uniform and it has two stripes on the left arm and I've replaced the symbol of the organization he works for with the Conservative party logo because the Conservative Party convention is in the same general location.
CO: Tell us a bit more about why you've done that.
IRIS ROBIN: Because I thought it would be fun to do because there's been some humor surrounding you know the signage for it. I know the Conservative Party put out a tweet saying you know "You've been warned." Because if they mix up the buildings then the Conservative delegates will end up you know amongst all the Anime fans and vice versa. It would be kind of amusing to replace it. Because I could kind of capitalize on the irony of it. Like the two events are very very different from each other. One of them, like they're voting on a new leader and this one is a fan gathering.
CO: OK. Is any danger that you might wander into the Conservative convention and just get and just blend in?
IR:...