Justin Trudeau was in town yesterday to help launch the provincial election campaign of Dr. Jon Gerrard and his hapless Liberals (that, unfortunately, will most likely be completely obliterated next month). When asked about talk of a merger with the … Continue reading →
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CalgaryLiberal: (4) The Challenge: Learning to repeat ourselves: 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. (4) The Challenge: Learning to repeat…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Merger and murder: only two letters apart
Eerie, isn’t it? Redrum, redrum… Regrem, regrem… Think about it… Mulcair in Jack’s role… Hammering an axe through the Liberal caucus room’s door! For those of you who don’t get the cultural reference, I pity you. Seriously, if the progressive voices are to ever unseat the ReformCons, they will have to merge, or at the […]
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Liberal-Green Merger
“I think if there’s a merger we
should be possibly looking at the Green Party. On the environment we
have a lot of similarities.”
This statements was done by former MP Marlene Jennings. The Green Party is a party more to the left of the politi…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: NDP vs Liberal Leadership Election Procedures
We are at a unique position not seen in a long time when both the NDP and the Liberals are set to elect new leadership and are currently led by interim leaders. Following Jack Layton’s death, the NDP will hold its leadership vote in January of 2012 and…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: Alberta Liberal Leadership Survey: Raj Sherman
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…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Green Energy Proposals Part II: Party Positions
In Part I, I sketched an overview of the consequences of various green energy proposals. Because it is election season in Ontario, let me note the following party observations with respect to these various green energy proposals.
Firstly, Conservative…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The Power of Provinces and the Importance of the 2011 Ontario Election
When Stephen Harper won a majority in the federal election he did this first and foremost by attracting a large body of voters who had not voted for him in the past and may not in the future. Discussions of the political seppuku committed by Liberals a…
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 readingBlunt Objects: Parti Québécois Faces Oblivion – Again
According to this poll done for the Journal de Montréal, the Parti québécois is facing some very dire straights these days:Selon un sondage Léger Marketing réalisé pour le compte de l’Agence QMI, le Parti québécois n’a plus que 24 % des in…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Ontario Election 2011: This is, and must be, a referendum on green energy
In all of North America, Ontario is unique in its approach and scale of tackling the dual problems of declining cheap fossil fuel availability and global warming. It has implemented North America’s highest rates for feed-in-tariffs, a program that pays…
Continue readingFar and Wide: Amen
Don Martin weighs in with a common sense analysis of the looming Liberal President race and the signals it will send:
Somebody make her stop. Please.
The LAST thing the Liberals need are controversial figures from its past to become the fresh face of …
Continue readingFar and Wide: The Federalist Vacuum
The Nycole Turmel story isn’t something to be viewed in isolation, and for the Liberals it provides further direction in terms of emphasis. I’m more convinced than ever that the future of the Liberal Party resides within an reassertion of a strong fede…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Arguing For Copps
Unlike fellow Liblogger Far and Wide, I happen to believe that the news of Sheila Copps possible entrance into the race for Liberal Party president is nothing but good news, one that we as a party can benefit from in the long-term and we should be enco…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Problem with Rebuilding
Me like many Liberals are facing an identity crisis. We have no longer became the natural governing party of Canada we are rather seen as another left wing party. In order for us to rebuild we need to attract the votes that we lost which are …
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: Lessons in Organization in the Calgary Region: Three Things We’re Doing Right
As per rule #9 of my 10 Rules for Liberal Debate, I’m going to spend this post complimenting and bragging about what Calgary is doing on the federal Liberal scene. Here are just three of the many things that the Liberal Party of Canada is doing…
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: You’re not defending our freedoms
An Open Letter to the Troops: You’re Not Defending Our Freedoms: Information Clearing House: ICHStephen Harper, Conservatives and Liberals : you should take heed of this letter too. The situation in Afghanistan with Canadian troops is also poi…
Continue readingCalgaryLiberal: VSP’s Ten Rules for Liberal Debate
When I first joined the Liberals in ’08 I didn’t know what I was getting myself into–I didn’t know the culture, the debate customs, or many rules of order. I just wanted to contribute. I didn’t know how to deal with some o…
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