Two months ago I sent out a leadership survey (other surveys can be found at this link) to the leadership candidates of the Alberta Liberal Party. Raj Sherman has responded with the answers below. None of it has been edited, all of it’s Dr. R…
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CalgaryGrit: This Week in Alberta: 27,000 Alberta Grits
The membership cut-off in the Alberta Liberal leadership race has passed, with the party registering over 27,000 voters as part of its new primary leadership system. As I’ve said before, this race makes for a fascinating case-study for the federal Libe…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: (3) The Challenge: The Media Hates Us: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province and some solutions to them. (3) The Challenge: The Media Hates Us…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: (2) The Challenge: To be seen as having a plan: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province and some solutions to them. (2) The Challenge: To be seen as havi…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: (1) The Challenge: Liberals are everywhere in Alberta–just not all with us: The Four Challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party
There are challenges to the Alberta Liberal Party forming government in Alberta. In this series of posts I’ll write about some of the challenges that Liberals face in this province and some solutions to them. (1) The Challenge: Liberals are every…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Globe and Mail: “Alberta’s Liberals see signs of hope on long road back to viability”
In turn, Alberta’s official opposition Liberals tossed open the doors to a failing party, hoping to re-invigorate it at a time of both challenge and opportunity – a run for their money down the centre of the spectrum from the upstart Alberta Party …
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Alberta Liberal Survey: Laurie Blakeman
Last week I sent a survey to every Alberta Liberal leadership candidate currently announced. Ms Blakeman was the first to send in the survey (and, might I add, the only one to do so on time) and she’ll be the first to have her answers posted. Bel…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: A Message to Every Alberta Liberal: End the Writing off of People
I was reading one comment made over on Calgarygrit’s blog made by a fellow by the name of “Frank” I felt this sinking, sickening feeling. Every single time I hear someone saying we shouldn’t attempt to bring in a group of people…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Alberta Liberal Leadership Race: An Open Game
As I took a step back at the convention in May for the Alberta Liberals I recognized something key: it was an open field for anyone to enter and try to win support. The ‘inner party’ folks–the ones who organize, are in the know on thi…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Alberta Liberal Leadership Contest Questionnaire
Last Friday I sent out a 50-question survey to the four current leadership candidates who are gunning for the leadership of the Alberta Liberal Party. Since then I have heard back from two of the leadership camps (the Payne campaign and the Sherman cam…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Bruce Payne: Why I’m an Alberta Liberal
Bruce Payne, leadership candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party, talks about why he’s an Alberta Liberal.
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: David Swann: Why I’m an Albertan Liberal
David Swann, Alberta Liberal Party leader, talks about why he’s an Albertan Liberal.
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Mark Holland: “We Have To Be A National Party Again” (Alberta Liberal Party AGM, May 28th)
Politics Reimagined: Mark Holland from Corey Hogan on Vimeo. (Reposted from NewLiberal.ca) I had the pleasure of sitting just offside to Mr. Holland while he made his speech. Just watch it: it’s quite the speech. It talks about pulling the party …
Continue readingMissing the forest for the trees
Since the media began filing their weekend wrap up coverage of the Alberta Liberal Party Convention, a number of pundits have weighed in on the party’s decision to run a leadership race without membership. (Which isn’t unprecedented, by the way)Instea…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: New Liberals: Alberta Liberals Convention recap
As I left the Alberta Liberal Party convention yesterday I was exhausted. Between doing a panel on social media, attending almost 24 hours of straight training and politics, and then being at the Bruce Payne suite until 3 am in the morning with a bunch…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: 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…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: 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…
Continue readingdjkelly.ca: Metro column: Focusing on the individual, not the party
I’m not a big fan of party politics. I could care less which party is in charge. I care more about who the people in government are and what kinds of decisions they make. [Note: This last sentence was cut from the printed version, but I thought it was important so I added it back […]
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