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Author: libVince

May 24, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: Building the Iceberg — New Liberals, Clear Grits, and Phoenixes

Almost two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the challenges that face the Liberal Party of Canada. It received a small bit of media attention and more. In particular, I wrote about building the party outside of it (or, in fact, ‘behind’ i…

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May 19, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: “Don’t worry, it’s legal.”

“Don’t worry,” said the woman, “It’s legal.” This lass (same one as this post, actually) was commenting on the Conservative bypassing the spending limit on their 2008 campaign. Don’t worry, she said, it’s…

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May 10, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: Why “Centrism” doesn’t quite work for us and needs to be adjusted for

Over the last week I have gotten a lot of rather angry emails and notes speaking in opposition to my thoughts written about in my blog post last week on the Liberal Party of Canada. It has to do with the issue of centrism in Canadian politics and I do …

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May 9, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: So, I’m in the Toronto Star…

Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star has quoted my blog post. What is a political party anyway? Given that there are so many ways for politicians to connect directly with citizens, many wonder why people need the brokerage role of political parties in t…

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May 6, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: Oil Spills: The beavers do it better.

Media scan: David Suzuki – Alberta’s biggest oil spill in 30 years is a call to action for Canadians BBC – Oil spill in Canada’s Alberta ‘biggest in 35 years’ Sun – Spill making kids sick Market Wire – Lubicon Lake Nati…

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May 5, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: The wider spirit of Liberal reform

I think I may have struck a chord. In the last day or so I have receive 1,200 pageviews (this is a lot for me) on my blog posting and numerous outlets have broached the topic of reforming the Liberals, and with particular reference is the creation of a…

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May 4, 2011 libVince

CalgaryLiberal: The Liberals need to reform themselves. I think I know how.

Last month I attended an event hosted by the Conservative Party of Canada’s University of Calgary club that had Preston Manning come in and talk about democracy, coalition building, and his history with his involvement in the conservative movem…

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