Why I’m Supporting Brian G Rice for Liberal Party President ( #lpc #lib14 )
On January 19, I endorsed Brian Rice for Liberal Party president. I’m not a Member of Parliament, a Senator, a candidate, or party official … I’m just a regular guy.…
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Exit interview: Liberal Party of Canada president Mike Crawley
When Mike Crawley won the presidency of the Liberal Party of Canada in January 2012, defeating Sheila Copps, Alexandra Mendes and Ron Hartling at the party’s biennial convention in Ottawa,…
I’m Running to be Pickering-Uxbridge #LPC Riding President ( #PickeringUxbridge )
A riding whatsit? 🙂 Interestingly, I had a conversation with someone about what a riding president does exactly. Essentially, the riding association president is the conduit between the party and…
News roundup: November 30, 2013 Here are a few thoughts about…
News roundup: November 30, 2013 Here are a few thoughts about recent Canadian political stories (in no particular order). Liberal spin on the Toronto Centre by-election Justin Trudeau and the…
By-elections give Liberals more hope – and a lot more hard work
Hope and Hard Work has become the oft-repeated Liberal mantra under Justin Trudeau. And it can also be used to describe where the Liberals find themselves after Monday’s by-elections: with…
Protection of the #Pickering Lands; An Open Letter to LPC(O) Delegates (#lpc #cdnpoli)
Dear Liberal Friends, This weekend is the LPC(O) Policy Prioritization Meeting & Executive Board. You will be asked to prioritize 10 policy resolutions for debate at the Liberal Party of…
Liberal Policy Proposal : Protect the Pickering Lands (#lpc #cdnpoli #NoPickeringAirport)
Excited that the Ajax-Pickering Federal Liberal Association has approved the policy proposal to protect the Pickering Lands. This policy was developed in consultation with Land Over Landings and is an…
What would Jack Layton say about Linda McQuaig’s push for a two-person debate?
Four federal by-elections have been called for Nov. 25th, including in Toronto Centre. While a new poll shows the Liberals comfortably ahead, I think it’s going to be a real…
Jason Cherniak launches campaign for Liberal nomination in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill
It’s always fun when a friend throws their hat in the political ring, and so it was an honour Sunday to venture up to Aurora as Jason Cherniak launched his…
Dominic LeBlanc to bloggers: Will Conservatives’ throne speech be flash or substance?
On throne speech eve, I took part in a Liberal bloggers conference call with Dominic LeBlanc, MP for BeausĂ©jour and Liberal house leader, where he discussed the party’s plans for…
Protect the Pickering Lands #onpoli #cdnpoli #NoPickeringAirport
Check out Common Ground, and add your voice to protect the Pickering Lands and say no to Flaherty’s Folly International Airport. The Conservative government in Canada wants to convert over…
Cell phone packages and cable bills: Is this the real middle class agenda?
The Harper government won’t deliver its speech from the throne until Wednesday, but the theme has been telegraphed for months, and much of the contents well-leaked over the past week.…
Getting to know Amy Robichaud, Liberal nomination contestant in Scarborough-Southwest
While the 2015 federal election is a long ways off (if Stephen Harper actually sticks to his fixed election date law, that is), in a sign of the strength and…
Liberals and NDP pick their Toronto-Centre by-election candidates
A busy day in downtown Toronto on Sunday, as both the Liberals and the NDP picked their candidates to replace Bob Rae as the MP for Toronto-Centre at nomination meetings…
Ideas for opening Liberal nominations
I’m a big proponent of open riding nominations. During the Liberal leadership race, I was proud when my candidate released an extensive party reform proposal including an open nomination process,…
While We’re Focused on Chemical Warfare
It’s interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for widespread death and destruction from its own…
This poll and that poll – more summer bad news for the Conservatives
More polls to talk about today. First, two-thirds of Canadians who were polled disapprove of Prime Minister proroguing Parliament in Sept and waiting until late October to reconvene Parliament. As…
Remember Justin, pot is just small beer.
Ok, point made. Moving on, Canadians have far more important issues to consider than legalizing marijuana. Let us not keep gilding the cannabis. Sure the news media are always in…
University of Calgary Liberals mentioned in Wikileaks
Turns out the Young Liberals at the University of Calgary is seen as an organization of real influence by the US State Department. Below is a quote from Wikileaks that…