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Making Change
The much anticipated (well, by me) change report has arrived. This isn’t the first renewal/change/rebuilding report ever produced by the Liberal Party and it probably won’t be the last – the devil in these things is making sure they don’t just gather dust somewhere…especially in the age of minority governments when we’re stuck in perpetual […]
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Liberal Convention 2009: Iggy Nation (Within a United Liberal Party)
I’ll be flying out to the notaSeinfeldconvention tomorrow night. And even though it’s a leadership convention without voting, or suspense, or novelty tambourines, it should prove to be a good time. To begin my convention coverage, I’ve posted interviews with the two Young Liberal Presidential candidates, John Lennard and Sam Lavoie. I’m not a young […]
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Talking to John Lennard
Why should young Liberals vote for John Lennard? I think it’s a question of building the Liberal Party. I think the Liberal Party is desperate for change, for growth, for rebuilding. I think young Liberals need to be a part of that – I’ve got a couple of ideas, and a lot of passion for […]
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Talking to Sam Lavoie
Why should young Liberals vote for Sam Lavoie? Well, first of all, I’m the only candidate with executive experience so I have first hand experience dealing with the organization. But I think what people are really looking for in their YLC president is someone who has the right vision for the organization. I see the […]
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A Post About Nothing
The use of “Seinfeld” as a prefix in political jargon has become almost as annoyingly common as suffixing “gate” to scandals. The latest example is this weekend’s “Seinfeld convention” in Vancouver (christened as such because, with the golden boy being crowned without a vote, it is seen to be “a convention about nothing”). This follows […]
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Policy Watch
Although the focus of the upcoming LPC convention seems to be all about WOMOV (oh, and I guess picking a leader), it is still a policy convention. As discussed before, policy debate took place online for the first time ever – a welcome change since it gave everyone the opportunity to participate. And it appears […]
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LPC Ammendments and Policies Online
I know this blog has been annoyingly “inside baseball” of late but, really, what else is going on these days…except for Brian Mulroney’s joyful dismemberment of the Conservative Party (again!). But there is some more internal Liberal news out there with the LPC releasing the constitutional amendments and policies that will be voted on the […]
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One Member, One Vote, Several Opinions
Grab a beer, sit back, and get ready for a stimulating post on the nuances of internal party electoral reform! As you may have heard, the Liberal Party will be voting on changing its leadership selection process from the current system of choosing the leader at delegated conventions (when we feel like it), to a […]
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The Policy Policy
The Hill Times delved into the world of Liberal Party policy on Monday, reporting: 1. The Liberals won’t be revealing their platform anytime soon 2. “The federal Liberals will hold a major policy convention in early May, but they are refusing to discuss policy ideas “ ABCer has already weighed in on this one, with […]