Gerard Kennedy is always one to take a different approach to the political game, so it should come as no surprise that he’s going outside the box to pay down the last of his 2006 leadership debt.

The event is called “opening doors with Kennedy and friends” and there are a lot of friends – Bob Rae, Bonnie Crombie, Mark Holland, Kirsty Duncan, Omar Alghabra, and some guys named McGuinty and Ignatieff.

There will be a series of seminars and dinners about politics (June 9th and 14th in Toronto), so it’s certainly an opportunity to get something more than just rubber chicken and 10 seconds of face time for your donation dollars.