Liberalbook
That's what it looks like to me and it's a needed evolution. There are lots of discussions out there on the future of the party in niches yet this central…
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Liberals, we must commit to using this time for rebuilding
Well over 2000 Liberals spent a few hours Saturday afternoon taking part in an extraordinary convention via teleconference to make a few decisions about the path forward for our party.…
Root and branch rebuilding: One tool we can use
Liberals have just had a successful teleconferencing convention that 2,700 members of the party subscribed to, and 2,100 members voted to extend the date a permanent leader is to be…
Weekend thoughts
The Liberal delegates have (unfortunately in my view) voted to extend the wait back to 2013 before choosing a new Liberal leader. I’ve already gone over my objection to that,…
Liberal Extraordinary Convention: Leadership in 2013
Just a quick post here on the results of this afternoon's convention which went off without a hitch and with much collegiality on Twitter. The date for selection of the…
Liberal Extraordinary Convention tomorrow
The details surrounding the Liberal Extraordinary Convention are online. The event is going to be fully open to the public with a live audio stream along with a livechat as…
I support the middle path timeline subamendment for the Liberal Party Leadership Vote
I’m away visiting my folks for the weekend (for Father’s Day, the immediate family is getting together), but I decided to interrupt my sojourn and get on here just to…
Liberals: Let’s not wait until 2013 to pick our leader
I've been informed that my sub-amendment on leadership timing has been accepted and will be debated during the Liberal extraordinary convention tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who pledged their support to…
Liberals: I need your help changing the leadership selection timeline
(UPDATED: See bottom of post)If you're a Liberal who was acclaimed as a delegate to the upcoming extraordinary convention to change/set the timing for the next leadership race and you're…
TEXT: Alfred Apps On A Primary System For Selecting The Next Liberal Leader
The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Liberal Party President Alfred Apps at The Empire Club of Canada last week.In his speech, Mr. Apps calls on the…
On Senate reform, Rae should choose his battles more carefully
For the record, I am still trying to figure out how I think Canada could best tackle the problem of a 19th Century Senate in the 21st Century. I am…
First signs of the Bobby Bounce?
On May 25 Bob Rae became interim Leader of the Liberal Party, after a few weeks of speculation that the job would be his. On May 2 the surprising election…
A lesson in change
"USC's 21st Century Virtual Classroom": In the spring of 2008, John Katzman, the founder of the Princeton Review, approached the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at at the…
Rae Days
Is there anyone in Canada who doesn't believe that Bob Rae will ultimately wind up as the "permanent" leader of the Liberal Party, once this interim, kabuki thing is over?…
Separatism redux, courtesy of Jack Layton’s NDP
Separatism Redux The centre of gravity of the NDP has shifted to the two largest provinces – Ontario and Quebec. In a sense, having ousted the Bloc Quebecois from power…
At last, a real leader!
Congratulations to Bob Rae for being chosen as Interim Leader by the Caucus, and congratulations to the Caucus for choosing him: Bob Rae was crowned interim leader of the Liberals…
Goldilocks and the Liberal constitutional amendments
The actual honest to goodness text of the much speculated Liberal constitutional amendments with respect to leadership timing were finally released to the membership last night via an e-mail from…
The Coming Decline of Harper’s Values Coalition
Ipsos is predicting that Harper's "values-based national coalition" of Tories might have a brighter future than the cobbled-together Mulroney coalition had: Darrel Bricker of Ipsos The interesting thing about what…
Liberal Renewal:Let us not forget this
Renewal starts on the ground, and if we wish to implement a 308-riding strategy, we need to adopt and implement the recommendations of the Change Commission Report April 2009. One…
Constitutional amendments (Now with dates?)
(Scroll down for updated information)As mentioned, today was supposed to be the day Liberal members found out that constitutional amendments they'd be voting on as part of the extraordinary convention…