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The Presidential Election
For somewhat inexplicable reasons, the race for Liberal Party president has been generating more ink in recent weeks than the race for leader of the opposition. And if you’re going to this weekend’s convention in Ottawa, you’re probably getting 5 or 6 calls a day from candidates asking for your support. Given the importance of […]
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Preliminary Thoughts on the LPC Presidential Race
Elections for Liberal Party President have tended to be mundane affairs in recent years. In 2008, Alf Apps was the only candidate – either because the powers-that-be made it known he would win, or because everyone else was too lazy to run. In 2006, the presidency was overshadowed by the excitement of the leadership race. […]
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Primary Debates
In his Macleans.ca debut, my friend Jeff Jedras takes aim at the proposal Liberals will be voting on in January to move to a US-style primary system to choose the party’s next leader and nominate candidates. While I’ve already voiced my support for this system, Jeff raises three valid critiques which I want to take […]
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A Roadmap to Renewal
The Liberal Roadmap to Renewal has been released and can be read here. There are several longer drafts floating around I’ve put on my weekend reading list, but at 80-100 pages, I may just wait for the movie version. While the process feels a little too top-down for my liking, we’ve been talking about renewal […]
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An Open Party
The Liberal White Paper on party reform has been leaking out over the past few days, and will reportedly be released in full tonight. I’m sure there will be a lot of worthwhile ideas within it, but the one likely to grab the most headlines is the proposal of moving to a primary-style system where […]
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Report to the LPC Membership…
…by ALF APPS. As posted on Facebook earlier today: REPORT TO THE MEMBERSHIP from the NATIONAL PRESIDENT of the LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADAJune 3, 2011 FELLOW LIBERALS: I AM PLEASED TO REPORT TO YOU ON THE RECENT ACTIVITIES OF YOUR NATIONAL BOARD AT THIS EXTREMELY CRITICAL MOMENT IN OUR PARTY’S HISTORY. EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO, […]
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It’s just like being there…only without the beautiful scenery, great weather, and free alcohol
Danielle Takacs has a very thorough video recap of the LPC Biennial Convention up on her blog. Also, be sure to check out Jason Lamarche’s collection of interviews, including this one with Mark Holland. As for me, I managed to conduct a few video interviews with MPs in Vancouver, which I promise to have uploaded […]
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Convention Wrap
Well, that was a fun weekend. Certainly not as exciting as Montreal, but the LPC ran a well-organized convention (the Thursday night disaster aside) and the location and weather were so great it was impossible for delegates not to have a good time. For those interested in the “inside politics” side of things, Steve Kukucha […]
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The Convention in Pictures
It’s a beautiful day for a convention! Registration Liberals campaigning hard to pass their policy resolutions. With enough work, their policy might wind up on a binder that the leader could look at any time he wants! Creative campaigning by the Sam Lavoie YLC campaign…unfortunately the City of Vancouver tried to slap them with an […]
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Convention Update
I’ll have some pictures and more detailed updates later this afternoon but, for now, a few random convention observations on Day 1: Thursday 9 am: The (provincial) Liberal signs here are blue…go figure. Thursday 11:45 am: Michael Ignatieff shows up to register, drawing dozens of excited “Michael! Michael!” chants. I suspect the signs, noise makers, […]