Well since I’m here on the blog dime, I best say something about the big event of the night. Dalton McGuinty’s sign-off speech is what everyone was here for. The main event before everyone piles out of here and heads off to hospitality suites where delegates will be wooed in
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The 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
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Great speech tonight by a leader with a great legacy
Very pleased to see Dalton McGuinty’s speech tonight at the OLP convention reflecting on the numerous accomplishments since 2003!
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Teachers’ Protest And OLPLDR Notes
Looks like they’ve manage to pull in a few 100 protesters. On another note, it looks like some delegates were caught behind that pileup on the 401 and I think the party has decided to extend the hours for casting the first ballot. Interesting what it might portend if this makes
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Observations from #OLPLDR
Sometimes there are no words.
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: More impressions of the #olpldr (Ontario Liberal Leadership) convention
In brief, since I’m typing on a Via Rail train headed home (back tomorrow AM for 2nd round voting): -Wynne’s team is very media-savvy; five different volunteers spotted my “media/blogger badge” and handed me her media guide (I have 5 of them, + a button). – Kennedy was next most
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Live from Toronto, it’s the Ontario Liberal Party Convention! #olpldr
I’m firmly entrenched now in blogging headquarters for the Ontario Liberal Party convention. I’ll be spending the greatest part of my time uploading pictures to the Progressive Bloggers main site, and offering witty commentary on Twitter and on this blog. For my initial thoughts – we have two strong front
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Quick Note On First Batch Of OLPLDR Protesters
Unfortunately, I’m having troubles emailing pictures from my new tablet (piece of crap just like old tablet, as it happens) to my netbook, but Jeff posted one. The race horse farmers are here protesting the end of the Slots at Racetracks Initiative. I counted about 20 to 30. Not that many,
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Sandra
I’ve been proudly volunteering on Sandra Pupatello’s campaign from the very beginning – which seems much longer ago than it actually is – and what I can tell you about her is that she is the rarest of politicians: whip-smart, fun and genuine. In a way that cannot be faked.
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Convention kickoff!
Today’s a busy day! I was at MLG earlier to register for the Ontario Liberal Party convention and pick up some Sandra swag. Ran into Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan and Grit MPP Michael Gravelle and had a few minutes to chat with both. Convention weekends are like old home
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: In Toronto at the #olpldr (Ontario Liberal Party) Convention
So I’m in Toronto at Maple Leafs Gardens, (or at Mickey Flynn’s eating lunch at the moment using the free wi-fi)vwith Jim Calder of The Progressive Right. Seen a few friends and acquaintances here, and the Bloggers Table Vantage Point is pretty sweet. We’ve seen a Kathleen Wynne press conference
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Off To OLP Convention Today
I think about eight bloggers were chosen to cover the event. Of the group, Pupatello supporter Lisa Kirbie will offer spirited partisanship; Imp (who I think leans Wynne) and Jim will offer careful analysis. And I of course will be doing hair: who among the candidates has the best hair, and whose
Continue readingImpolitical: Inside the Gardens #olpldr
The view from the blogging hordes’ corner. Jut add in a few thousand bodies all excited about the political mayhem of speeches, floor shows, ballots and the waiting, oh yes, the waiting. Technology and batteries willing, I will try to do something a little more off-the-page with this one. See
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Wynne Expects to Lose? No, geniuses.
This stupid video popped up today, and was posted by BigCityLib earlier in a post that has other stuff I really don’t know about, nor care about. This isn’t a small campaign being run, folks, it’s a pretty big one – mistakes will happen, if these mistakes are actually verified.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tough Day For Team Wynne
A couple of flubs-ups from the Wynne campaign in the last 48 hours or so. Here a letter from her team identifying a supporter of hers as Muslim, who is not; here a letter in Punjabi sent to a delegate, (I think she is a delegate) who speaks no Punjabi. Both
Continue readingCalgary Grit: The Case For Kennedy
This weekend, Liberals from across Ontario will gather at Maple Leaf Gardens for what is likely to be one of the last grand old leadership conventions in Canada. Having 2,000 delegates decide who governs a province of 13 million doesn’t scream “grassroots”, but it makes for one heck of a
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Mississauga News endorses Charles Sousa for Ontario Liberal Leader, says his private sector experience is "invaluable"
Like the Sousa campaign on Facebook!Follow Charles on Twitter! Follow the Sousa campaign on Twitter! A great endorsement from the major paper of Ontario’s third largest city! It’s time to put Charles in charge. We endorse Sousa, the 54-year-old MPP for Mississauga South who has held three Cabinet posts since
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Tiny cracks appear in Liberal attack on collective bargaining
After the architects of the Liberal attack on collective bargaining (Premier McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan) announced their exit from provincial politics, the first, very modest, move away from their policy has appeared.
Kathleen Wyn…
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