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Interview with David Bertschi
After brunch with David Merner and my trip to the George Takach launch, my tour of lesser known Liberal leadership candidates lands on David Bertschi today. While not an “official” candidate yet, Bertschi has been campaigning longer than most. He was the first candidate to launch a website, and even released a Hollywood-style trailer in […]
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Meet David Merner
On Sunday, long shot Liberal leadership candidate David Merner sat down for brunch with a few Toronto area bloggers, for an informal chat about the future of the Liberal Party. Merner is best known as one of the “unknown” leadership aspirants, so if you’re looking to better know him, I’ve summarized the highlights of our […]
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ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Laurie 4 Leader
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the fourth part of a series profiling the candidates. (Previously: Bruce Payne, Raj Sherman, Hugh MacDonald) LAURIE BLAKEMAN Background: Like Hugh MacDonald, Blakeman has sat as a […]
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ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: Hugh Can Do It
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the third part of a series profiling the candidates. (Previously: Bruce Payne, Raj Sherman) HUGH MACDONALD Background: First elected in 1997, Hugh has been the Alberta Liberal […]
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ALP Leadership Candidate Profiles: All Aboard the Payne Train!
The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. To vote, simply register here as an ALP supporter by August 19th. Today, the first of a five part series profiling the candidates. I’m not supporting anyone in […]
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Meet a Calgary Grit: Josipa Petrunic
Last week, I profiled Calgary North Center Liberal candidate Stephen Randall. Today, a look at Josipa Petrunic, who is taking on Deepak Obhrai, the NDP’s Al Brown, and the Green Party’s Scott Milton in Calgary East. Josipa is up front about the stigma facing the Liberal brand in Alberta – “When you play it as […]
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Meet A Calgary Grit: Stephen Randall
When Stephen Randall was nominated as the Liberal candidate in Calgary Centre-North in January, the assumption was he’d be fighting a by election this spring. Now, he’s going head to head with Tory Michelle Rempel, the NDP’s Paul Vargis, and the Green Party’s Heather MacIntosh. I had a chance to interview Randall a few weeks […]
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Stampede to the Polls: The Candidates Speak
UPDATE – Joe Connelly and Naheed Nenshi have been added at the bottom Even though I only had time to profile four of the candidates running for mayor in Calgary (McIver, Higgins, Nenshi, and the since withdrawn Kent Hehr), I don’t want to completely overlook the other candidates. Some of these men and women have […]