Outshining Trudeau
Just as Liberals look at Justin Trudeau and ask if he is like his father, many are asking if he will run for leader, the answer to one is the…
leadership
If we’re betting everything on leadership, Bob Rae must be clear on intentions
Reflectingon last weekend’s Liberal Party of Canada biennial convention, where delegatesvoted against reducing the powers of the leader and put much of their hope forrebuilding into one key initiative –…
Liberal Members Vote To Allow Supporters To Lose Too
Without buying a party membership you can become a Liberal supporter and not vote too. Liberals this weekend passed numerous amendments, one of them allows for non-members to vote for…
Less Liberal, Less Canadian
In 2006 Howard Dean spoke at the Liberal Leadership convention. In 2008 many Liberal organizers went to the United States and worked for the Democrats. In that same year many…
COP17: Politicians, Get Your Head Out Of The Sands And Lead!
Our eyes on the ground of the Durban climate conference, Ani, updates us from Day 6 of COP17. To read more, visit Ani’s blog at YouthDelegateManitoba.wordpress.com: I could spend my…
Qualities of the Next NDP Leader
Here is the benchmark I’ll be using to evaluate who ought to be the next leader of the federal NDP: @PoliticsReSpun Wanted, #NDP leader: integrity, inspiring, engaging personality, intelligent, ability…
Leadership on the economy
Premier Dalton McGuinty has said the tax rate on new investment by small businesses will be reduced by 55%. Ontario's economic strength depends on the strength of our businesses, large…
Fundamental myths about the Liberal Party and the interim leader
Let me start by making one thing perfectly clear: there is no rule that prevents interim Liberal leader Bob Rae from deciding to seek the permanent leadership of the Liberal…
Leadership for Ontario
"You want the politics of anger, resentment and division? That makes you feel good? Then Mr. Hudak is your guy. If you want to do things so that we can…
17 Federal NDP Leadership Possibilities
Jack Layton spent much time in his last days crafting his messages of hope, justice, optimism, equality and integrity: encouraging us to move on and build on the Orange Crush…
What Now?
This is hardly the first, and won't be the last, post on the future of Canada's New Democratic Party after the loss of its most popular and successful leader in…
Saturday Morning Jack Layton Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Adam Radwanski astutely recognizes that the outpouring of sympathy and grief following Jack Layton's death speaks to the gap between what most political…
Liveblog of Jack Layton’s Funeral
It’s been an astonishing week since Jack Layton’s death and not-so-surprising outpouring of public grief and recognition of what he brought to Canadian politics and public service: optimism and integrity,…
Make Jack Layton’s legacy mean something
Jack Layton, federal NDP leader from 2003 until his passing yesterday, has rebuilt the party. Its a contender again just as it was under Ed Broadbent. Probably more of a…
Random leadership notes
Alyssa Rosenberg offers a few leadership lessons from the Harry Potter series and one other: Both the Harry Potter series and Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games books are about what happen…
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…
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.
On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke
@cityslikr's pal Urban Sophisticat on the Six Sigma sickness currently afflicting our municipal leadership. Read it now. On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke…
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…
Why the interim leader shouldn’t run for permanent leader
There has been much debate in Liberal circles about the insistence by the national executive that the interim leader of the party agree to not run for the permanent leadership,…