A riding whatsit? 🙂 Interestingly, I had a conversation with someone about what a riding president does exactly. Essentially, the riding association president is the conduit between the party and the riding. The president acts on behalf of the party in the riding, and on behalf of the riding members
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The Progressive Right: #ReformAct Problem — Caucus Initiating Leadership Reviews and the Coyne Amendment ( #cdnpoli )
In response to a tweet I had sent out that summarized my opposition to the Reform Act, Andrew Coyne pointed me to his article that suggests an amendment that could help me overcome that opposition. To summarize my opposition, I object to the idea that caucus members should be entrusted
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: #ReformAct Problem — Caucus Initiating Leadership Reviews (#cdnpoli)
There’s one part of the Reform Act that I’m really stumbling over. Specifically the notion that 15% of a party’s caucus can initiate a caucus review of the party’s leadership. If a majority of the members of a caucus agree then that the leader should be removed, the leader is
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Protection of the #Pickering Lands; An Open Letter to LPC(O) Delegates (#lpc #cdnpoli)
Dear Liberal Friends, This weekend is the LPC(O) Policy Prioritization Meeting & Executive Board. You will be asked to prioritize 10 policy resolutions for debate at the Liberal Party of Canada Biennial in Montreal. It’s an impressive list of great ideas, showcasing clearly what Liberals care about. On that list,
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Rob Ford Around the World (#topoli)
Hold your head high, Toronto. BBC, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford refuses to resign over ‘drug video’ Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has refused to quit after Canadian police said they recovered a video appearing to show him smoking from a crack pipe. Mr Ford, who has denied smoking crack, said he
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Liberal Policy Proposal : Protect the Pickering Lands (#lpc #cdnpoli #NoPickeringAirport)
Excited that the Ajax-Pickering Federal Liberal Association has approved the policy proposal to protect the Pickering Lands. This policy was developed in consultation with Land Over Landings and is an example of how the Liberal Party develops policy with support from local community groups. I was happy to play a
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Protect the Pickering Lands #onpoli #cdnpoli #NoPickeringAirport
Check out Common Ground, and add your voice to protect the Pickering Lands and say no to Flaherty’s Folly International Airport. The Conservative government in Canada wants to convert over 13,000 acres of prime farm land into an international airport (one that’s not needed) and for undisclosed industrial use. While
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: All the Hilarious Hypocrite Holyday Memes in One Place! #pcpo #onpoli #HypocriteHolyday #PoorSteveRyan
Before Doug Holyday was officially parachuted in as the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Conservative candidate, we had Steve Ryan, affectionately known as Poor Steve Ryan. The guy found out by Twitter he was no longer the Etobicoke-Lakeshore candidate. Then, the moment everyone was waiting for – Doug Holyday was appointed the candidate for
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: First Report of Voter Turnout in Ontario By-Elections – Dismal #onpoli
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral District of Etobicoke—Lakeshore (out of 89,550) – 7.2% 7567 electors in the Electoral District of London West (out of 95,265) –
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: The Ontario Conservative Party’s Hail Mary #pcpo #onpoli
Yesterday, the Conservative Party of Ontario released copies of emails it obtained that showed that Ontario Liberal staffers wanted to pressure the Speaker of the legislature into reversing his decision requiring the release of documents pertaining to the “gas plant scandal” – to suggest using partisan leverage against a non-partisan
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Joy Smith, Minister of Censorship #cdnpoli #censorship #cpc
Joy Smith, the Conservative Minister for Censorship, has an op-ed up in the Huffington Post continuing her call to filter internet content at the internet service provider level. I won’t link to it because I can’t help but think I’m giving her more than the 15 minutes of fame she
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Today in Awkward Ontario Conservative News #onpoli #pcpo
Ontario PC MPP (and aspiring leader) Lisa MacLeod called elections an affront to democracy. Also, acting leader Tim Hudak’s job is safe even if they fail to win a single seat in upcoming by-elections. I didn’t think it was up to a different MPP to decide that. She’s not even
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Rob Ford on Poverty and Housing #onpoli #topoli
If you lived under a rock or came from another planet, you might be forgiven if you believed the nonsense Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is spouting about how much he cares about the Toronto’s poor and how shocked he is that the Ontario government won’t fund his tax cuts. A
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Somebody’s Got Some Explaining #topoli
Photo from Cam Woolley. Ford staffers hand out magnets/cards as they wait for Mayor at Worthington funeral twitter.com/KatieSimpson24… — Katie Simpson (@KatieSimpson24) May 22, 2013
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Trudeau and Alberta
Canada’s Conservative Party abandoned Premier Alison Redford and the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta during Alberta’s last provincial election – they chose instead to support Alberta’s far-right Wildrose Alliance Party. Now, Justin Trudeau seeks to build bridges with Albertans and their government; all the while pushing for sustainable and environmentally-sound
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Blogging the Liberal Party National Showcase (#lpcldr)
I’ll be participating in the Liberal Party Leadership National Showcase this Saturday as “accredited media”. Take that, MSM. You can follow my coverage here, on Twitter (@progright), and on Google+. I’d like to thank the Liberal Party of Canada for accrediting bloggers – there are a few of us attending.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Rob Ford
It is news that Rob Ford was allegedly acting inappropriately at an official function where he was attending in his capacity as mayor of Toronto. It is news that he was (allegedly) asked to leave that gala. It is not news that Rob Ford is allegedly fighting personal demons. The
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Marc Garneau in Durham #lpcldr
Marc Garneau will be in the Durham Region on Sunday, February 10. First Stop is the Durham Federal Riding Annual General Meeting in Blackstock at the Blackstock Recreation Centre, 3440 Church Street. He’ll be there from 2-3:15 pm. Last stop will be in Oshawa from 4-5 pm at the Oshawa
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: #OLPLDR Photo Streaming
Pictures I’ve taken at the Ontario Liberal Party convention are streaming live at ProgressiveBloggers.ca. Go check them out!
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Day One Over #olpldr
Today was mostly about registering delegates and getting everyone organized. The vast majority of the time was the tribute to outgoing premier, Dalton McGuinty. Premier McGuinty thanked his family, his mother – and regretted that his father could not see him enter public life. Tomorrow, I rejoin the blogging crew
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